Microsoft Security Essentials has risen in popularity ever since initial betas were released to the public. Microsoft recently made available a beta of the upcoming Microsoft Security Essentials 2 suite, and many experts expect the final version to increase the popularity and acceptance of the security software further. It may happen that users experience problems [...]

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Microsoft today announced the availability of the new Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 Beta, the next big version of the well acclaimed Windows security software. The beta was announced over at the Windows Team Blog with a link to Microsoft Connect to download the 32-bit or 64-bit edition of the application. A problem with the downloads [...]

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Microsoft Security Essentials is a security software for Windows operating systems that is offered as a free download by Microsoft. The program provides additional protection against all sorts of malware from viruses over trojans to keyloggers and computer worms. Security Essentials is a signature based security software which means that it can only protect the [...]

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Panda Cloud Antivirus made quite an impact in 2009 when it was officially released after an initial beta testing period. The cloud driven antivirus solution combined effective virus protection with a smaller local footprint and lesser updating hassles thanks to its cloud based design. But resource efficiency is only one benefit of cloud based antivirus [...]

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A common rule for Windows users is to install and use only one antivirus software solution at a time. Most developers ask the computer user to uninstall other security software before the new software can be installed. It is however possible to install different types of security software that can be run next to each [...]

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Encryption is the only way to go if you are serious about protecting data from unauthorized access. Programs like True Crypt or Microsoft’s Bitlocker ensure that data is protected by a secure algorithm so that it can only be accessed by the user who knows the password to unlock the data. But sometimes these programs [...]

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Cloud based security solutions seem to be one of the latest trends in the security world with more and more companies releasing fully or partially cloud based applications. Panda Cloud Antivirus embraces the cloud. It basically runs a lightweight client on the user system and stores most components including the virus signatures in the cloud. [...]

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Norton Power Eraser is a free portable software program for the Windows operating system that has been designed to remove deeply embedded and difficult to remove malicious software from a computer system. It can specifically detect crimeware such as rogue antivirus programs that are being used to trick the user into either downloading threats to [...]

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Security companies like Symantec or Kaspersky release new versions of their products each year. Norton is now offering beta versions of their upcoming security applications Norton Internet Security 2011 and Norton AntiVirus 2011 that can be downloaded directly from the Norton Beta Center. A registration is required before the programs can be activated on the [...]

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