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. However, AV-Test.org didn’t find any [...]
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Omega CE (free beta) helps get rid of files from malware infections that might hide or protect themselves from normal deletion. In the hands of an expert the tool could prove useful, but it may not be of much help to non-gurus. Read entire article Armed with an anti-malware test report that pits Symantec’s Norton AntiVirus 2009 against Microsoft’s just-released Security Essentials software, a top Symantec engineer ripped into the new consumer anti-malware as an unimpressive re-cycling of Microsoft’s discontinued Live OneCare technology. Read entire article Typhoon Ketsana is currently leaving a trail of destruction, first in the Philippines, and now in Vietnam. Amidst the disaster, we see a glimmer of hope, one where netizens actively participate to make a difference, empowered by the social Web. Citizen Journalism In the Philippines, residents with camera phones began taking pictures and videos of [...] Microsoft has released its free antivirus software, Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE). As the name implies, Microsoft’s new security software removes the bloated bells and whistles found in other products, like Microsoft’s discontinued Windows Live OneCare, and provides only the essential protection. Read entire article |
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