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Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper Beta

One of the problems with malware is that it is often difficult to remove while the system is running. Last week, I dealt with a particularly sticky infection that I couldn't remove until I used a boot CD. In the case of rootkits, their very nature is to hide from the system, so you often don't even...

Microsoft Launches Free On-Demand Virus & Malware Scanner

Microsoft Pushing Microsoft Security Essentials via Update Provokes Anger

According to The Register, Panda Security and Trend Micro are attacking Microsoft for offering Security Essentials (MSE) via MS Update because Redmond is "restricting choice." I take issue with that. Microsoft is only offering MSE download via update to Windows users who aren't already...

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday is Biggest Ever

Vulnerability in Windows Help and Support Center Could Allow Remote Code Execution

This was first revealed on June 10, 2010 in...

Microsoft Security – No Longer an Oxymoron

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Microsoft Decides to Forgo Steady State Development – 77 Million PCs at Risk

Thanks to Windows Secrets Newsletter for alerting me to this. I was responsible for implementing Windows...

Out-of-cycle Patch for IE Coming Tomorrow

Waledac is Now Virtually Headless

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Microsoft’s Security Essentials Causes Performance Problems

I was all for MS Security Essentials when I heard the announcement of its release (see Microsoft Security Essentials Goes Live and