Anti-Virus

Keith Mayer and Wally Mead wrap up their “What’s New” in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 series and in today’s episode they discuss what’s new in Endpoint Protection. Tune in as Wally shows us how to install Endpoint Protection during a specific maintenance window, how to find all…

Microsoft is releasing Security Essentials, the final version of the new Microsoft-built antivirus software which provides free malware protection for Windows PCs. Designed to replace the now-discontinued OneCare product, Security Essentials requires no registration, trials, or renewals. It’s…

What were the 'softies talking about this week? What hot topics were being debated over in board rooms and campus cafeterias? Laura and Paul kept their ears to the ground and came up with this dirt: Microsoft kills MONEY! That HULU that you do. Browsing for dinner Free virus killer And we…

We made the rounds around campus this week and gathered up the top stories- plus an exclusive first hand report on the MyPhone announcement:MyPhone AnnouncementPressure Sensitive KeyboardMicrosoft TAG - Sweet Videos!Good News about Microsoft Security EssentialsWin your own Surface!Let us hear from…

One of the most interesting apps in the realm of security that I saw at this year’s DEMO conference was the new anti-virus product from a company called CoreTrace. The product, called BOUNCER, takes an entirely different approach to blocking unwanted malware. Instead of using a blacklist like…

Yesterday saw the first birthday of Microsoft Security Essentials, the free anti-malware suite that protects against viruses, spyware and other online nasties. Whenever I build a new PC, or reinstall Windows (which actually happens quite a lot), it’s the first software to go on the machine once the…

You may have heard rumors lately about “Morro,” the new no-cost anti-malware solution being launched by Microsoft. Now called “Microsoft Security Essentials,” the program will launch into a limited beta today at www.microsoft.com/security_essentials. The first 75,000 visitors to that site will have…

Whilst I’m pretty sure that most of you that hang out at Channel 9 are wise enough to install anti-malware protection on your computers, there are hundreds of thousands, if not millions of PCs out there that remain unprotected – many of them in small businesses. PCs taken out by viruses not only…