See Windows Live OneCare.
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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,...
- 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...
- 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. ...
- 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
- 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...
- 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
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Discussion threads 2009-06-24
- Microsoft Security Essentials beta to be capped at 75,000, kicks off today
- Microsoft Security Essentials beta to be capped at 75,000, kicks off todayLast I heard... *edited*OneCare had less false positives then all the other AV/AS software, and scored pretty high in tests.Assuming it's junk just because it's Microsoft kinda makes you look like a... fool.*Edited after realizing I had typed the...
- Discussion threads 2009-06-23
- Will Microsoft Security Essentials (Morro) dent commercial antivirus sales?
- Will Microsoft Security Essentials Morro dent commercial antivirus sales?Microsoft doesn't conjure up "security" in my mind ...... but Ed Bott has an interesting article describing a study that shows OneCare and apparently Morro uses the same engine and definitions scored among the top of the tested products.That opened up the...
- Discussion threads 2009-06-18
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