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- Microsoft quietly patches Windows Live OneCare to fix Outlook problems
- Microsoft is not going to patch the latest version of its Windows Live OneCare service on March 13 to remedy Outlook compatibility issues, as a number of news and blog sites are reporting. The reason? Microsoft already issued the required OneCare patch with no fanfare on March 11. ...
- Tags: Groupware, Microsoft Office, patch management, OneCare, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Windows Live, Windows Live OneCare, OneCare-Outlook, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Blog posts 2007-03-12
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- My scareware night and how McAfee lost a customer
- With their Comcast and AT&T dealsMcAfee has a huge market share hereit pretty much does nothing to prevent being infected by these rogue antivirus attacks.I have found Combofix (http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/combofix/how-to-use-combofix)is the most effective tool to remove these things but even that isn't 100%.Usually you will want to rename it before you...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, SECURITY, Vista/7, software, McAfee Inc., AV Software, Malwarebytes
- Discussion threads 2009-11-12
- Selected testers get new build of Microsoft Security Essentials
- Protect the hosts fileThe protection of the hosts file from malicious modification could do with some improvement. I ran a number of tests and things fell through the cracks. See Testing Microsoft Security Essentials and the Hosts file http://blogs.computerworld.com/14971/testing_microsoft_security_essentials_and_the_hosts_fileRE: Selected testers get new build of Microsoft Security EssentialsMake it catch...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Microsoft Security Essentials, hosts file, Microsoft Security, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-24
- Microsoft: Human error caused critical SMB2 vulnerability
- did not explain why the fix was not back-ported to Windows Vista and other That very bad. I was wondering this myself when news broke that Win 7 was not vulnerable.What were they thinking? Fixing a bug and "forgetting" that other versions may actually be vulnerable?Or had they actually recorded...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), SECURITY, Hulu Desktop, Microsoft Corp., critical SMB2 vulnerability, SMB2, SMB2 vulnerability, vulnerability, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- Report: Microsoft prepping now for next beta of Security Essentials
- I have been invitedThe e-mail contains a link to a survey, and they will select the beta testers from the respondents by November 1.An excerpt form the mail:''In the coming months we will be rolling out an ongoing beta program. As part of the Microsoft Security Essentials ongoing beta program,...
- Tags: Servers, MSE, Security Essentials, OneCare, security, beta, server, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-15
- MS Security Essentials test shows 98% detection rate for 545k malware samples
- I have to defend Microsoft on this...I have to defend Microsoft on this because Symantec is probably the [i]last[/i] company to be complaining.I can't tell you how many computers I've "fixed" simply by removing any and all Symantec/Norton products from a computer, then installing Avast or AVG.Symantec makes some of...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Corp., heuristics, security, detection rate, malware
- Discussion threads 2009-10-01
- MS Security Essentials test shows 98% detection rate for 545k malware samples
- According to recent tests conducted by AV-Test.org aiming to measure the performance of Microsoft's Security Essentials, the freeware application achieved 98% detection rate for 545k malware samples including viruses, bots, trojan horses, backdoors and Internet worms, also achieving 90.95% detection rate for 14,222 adware/spyware samples it was tested against. ...
- Tags: Freeware, Antivirus, Malware, Microsoft Corp., Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-10-01
- Microsoft Security Essentials in pictures
- The successor to Live OneCare, Microsoft Security Essentials retains the core features of OneCare, but abandons the additional heft of a firewall, performance tuning, and backup and restore options in exchange for making the program free. See what Microsoft's free antivirus competitor can--and can't--do. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Antivirus, Microsoft Corp., Firewalls, Viruses And Worms, Security, Networking, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-09-29
- First Look: Microsoft Security Essentials
- Live OneCareI put Live OneCare on my Vista computer when Vista was new and cranky after my some of my crash problems traced back to the anti-virus I'd installed. I found Live OneCare to work well and be very light on the foot print. No doubt but I'll...
- Tags: Internet Security Suite, Norton Co., MSE, Live OneCare, security, detection rate, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-29
- Microsoft Security Essentials available today
- Microsoft has confirmed that it is releasing Microsoft Security Essentials, its free anti-malware product, today (September 29). The cut-down, basic anti-malware solution replaces Microsoft's Windows Live OneCare. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-09-29
- Report: Final version of free Microsoft Security Essentials to ship September 29
- Do we really need another security software on Windows 7?Hi!If I install MSE on Windows 7, do I really need to install another security software on Windows 7?Thanks!yes...It's called Linux and that will cure all windoze security threats forever.Yes and...while introducing 8 year old kernel faults on its own.No, but...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Koobface, FCS, MSE, Microsoft Corp., OneCare, security
- Discussion threads 2009-09-28
- Microsoft Bing gets visual search; full 2.0 update later this fall
- Top iPhone appsHa ha, one of the visual search galleries is for iPhone apps, how ironic!BUT, Can We Block The Bing Cookies?One issue that is irritating me with MS is their disregard for me, and for every person who uses MS products. (No, I am not anti MS. However, I...
- Tags: Web browsers, IE8, Microsoft Bing, cookie, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-14
- Microsoft Security Essentials or Forefront: Which should a Windows user choose?
- Free for business use?Interesting... According to this table, MCE can be used in servers (2008 R2) and, since there is nothing in contrary, it seems that is also free for use by businesses - most of the other free offerings (Avast, AVG...) are only free for non-commercial use.RE: Microsoft Security...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Microsoft Security Essentials, Microsoft Security, Microsoft Corp., MSE, Windows User, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-09-14
- Windows Live OneCare 2.5.2900.28 (Windows)
- Windows Live OneCare helps keep your PC safe from viruses, spyware, and other threats. This all-in-one, always-on PC care service from Microsoft works continuously, automatically, and quietly in the background to keep your valuable files protected and your PCs virus-free and working their best.The new version includes multi-PC and home...
- Tags: PC, Home Network, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Live OneCare, Microsoft Windows, Cyberthreats, Wireless Security, Office Suites, Backups, Desktops, Viruses And Worms, Operating Systems, Software, Security, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-08-27
- Does free antivirus offer a false feeling of security?
- Does free antivirus offer a false feeling of security?No it does not..."Does free antivirus offer a false feeling of security?" No it does not, not anymore then commercial does. The real question is does all antivirus software offer a false feeling of security? I am undecided...
- Tags: Viruses and worms, Virustotal.com, false feeling, antivirus, security, malware
- Discussion threads 2009-07-14
- Does free antivirus offer a false feeling of security?
- Earlier this month, Symantec's product manager David Hall dismissed free security software as equal alternative to the paid versions, and also described Microsoft's free "Microsoft Security Essentials" as "a stripped down version of the OneCare product Microsoft pulled from retail shelves". Needless to say that such statements...
- Tags: Antivirus, Antivirus Scanner, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-07-14
- Next-gen Microsoft Forefront security products get final names, pricing
- Next-gen Microsoft Forefront security products get final names, pricingWhatever happened to the successor of Onecare?You know.. whats its name.. the free one? When's that coming?RE: Next-gen Microsoft Forefront security products get final names, pricingHi Mary Jo,A small typo: the Geneva Framework will be known as "Windows Identity Foundation" and not...
- Tags: Pricing, Marketing research, Next-gen Microsoft Forefront security, Next-gen Microsoft Forefront security product, Windows Identity, pricing strategy
- Discussion threads 2009-07-13
- Why Windows 7 should be free
- Why Windows 7 should be freeAm I the only one who had zero problems with Vista?This issue has been debated thoroughly across zdnet, so I have no desire to rehash it. But I am still not convinced that Vista's problems are systemic...and I think they are more a PR issue....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-07-01
- AV-Test calls Microsoft Security Essentials "very good"
- AV-Test calls Microsoft Security Essentials "very good"Wow...Not bad: 3200 and all detected with 0 false positives. Can't complain about that.I seriously think that MS should be allowed to ship MSE with every copy of Windows. We can argue about monopoly related issues when it comes to other non-essential functionality...
- Tags: Blogging, Microsoft Windows, SECURITY, AV-Test, Microsoft Security Essentials, Microsoft Security, Microsoft Corp., front page
- Discussion threads 2009-06-25
- Running Microsoft Security Essentials
- Running Microsoft Security EssentialsI suspect "primitive" was the pointMS has to be able to defend this to the EU. By pointing out that this is meant to be a very basic package and that 3rd party AV vendors can show that, for money, they offer a better product, then everyone...
- Tags: Performance management, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Running Microsoft Security Essentials, Running, MSE, performance
- Discussion threads 2009-06-24
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