You might have been one of the lucky ones who was able to download the beta of Microsoft antivirus software program Security Essentials. Chance is you missed the opportunity as Microsoft has limited the beta downloads to 75000. Users who want to download Microsoft Security Essentials today are notified that downloads are not available at [...]
Antivirus Software Microsoft Security Essentials Tested
Microsoft has released a public beta of their new antivirus software Security Essentials a few days ago. The beta was limited to 75000 participants; A number that was reached rather quickly. Security Essentials are at the moment not available on the Microsoft website anymore but it is expected that the final version of the antivirus [...]
Microsoft Security Essentials Beta Now Available
Microsoft has made available the public beta version of their new free antivirus software program Microsoft Security Essentials which was formerly known as Morro. The antivirus software is available for 32-bit editions of Windows XP and 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows Vista and Windows 7.
It was formerly speculated that the beta would be limited [...]
What You Should Do After Buying A New Computer System
Dante send me a link to another “malware found on purchased laptop” story. The new M&A Companion Touch netbook contained three pieces of malware: An USB worm, a rootkit and a World of Warcraft password stealer.
These things seem to happen regularly and it is not only laptops that are affected by this. We have seen [...]
Antivirus software Uninstaller AppRemover
Uninstalling antivirus software does not usually cause problems on the computer system. It can however happen that errors occur during the process which can be problematic mainly because of the deep system integration of those software programs. Many antivirus developers have therefor created special uninstallers for their antivirus software programs to remove every file, changes [...]
Norton Security Scan
It is usually not a good idea to operate more than one security software of the same kind on a computer system. This is especially true for antivirus software solutions but also firewalls. Users who currently use an antivirus software might nevertheless be inclined to scan their system from time to time with different scan [...]
Antivirus Firewall Software Leak Test
How good is your antivirus firewall software program? It is hard to tell as a end user. Sure, you can rely on information provided by test magazines, Internet websites, antivirus and firewall software developers or opinions from friends and colleagues. All of those recommendations are to a degree based on opinion and test criteria.
A [...]
