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 [...]
Microsoft Security Essentials Beta Now Available
Microsoft Security Essentials Leaks
Microsoft’s own product testing guidelines seem at the same time the major problem why so many Microsoft products leak to the Internet. We have seen numerous Windows 7 builds hit the web only days after they have been build by Microsoft. The latest product to leak was codenamed Morro and renamed Microsoft Security Essentials in [...]
Cloud Antivirus
Security software developer Panda announced a new antivirus software solution that is based on the so called cloud computing concept. Cloud computing refers to dynamically scalable services that are provided over the Internet. Panda promises lighter resource usage and better performance by moving the data analysis from the local computer system to the cloud servers [...]
AVG Antivirus Linkscanner
Users of the antivirus software AVG already know the AVG Linkscanner as it is included as a module in the antivirus software. AVG has now made it available as a standalone application for the Windows operating system compatible with the Internet Explorer and Firefox web browser. The difference lies in the detail. AVG Linkscanner will [...]
Anti Virus Software Removal Tools Overview
Uninstalling anti virus software on a computer system is sometimes not a trivial task as they tend to add their components deep into the system to provide protection from various threats PC users face these days. The need for anti virus software removal tools arises if the default uninstallation fails. This usually leads to a [...]
Analyse Software In A Remote Secure Environment
Several remote services are available to analyze submitted software programs or files for malicious contents like computer viruses or trojans. Among them are Virus Total which uses more than a dozen different antivirus engines to scan submitted files. All of them have one thing in common: They scan and analyze the files using signature databases [...]
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 [...]
