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Thursday, December 24, 2009

Which AV Software Is Best At Removing Malware

Posted by Andy Dixon in "Digital Home Software" @ 04:00 AM

http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatc...es_anti-mal.php

"Last week AV-Comparatives.org released the results of their recent "Whole Product Dynamic Test" - a test challenging anti-malware products to protect test systems as if in the real world. This week they've got a new one for us - a performance test on the same collection of products. The virus experts timed a variety of commonplace actions with and without each product installed and compared the results to determine which had the least impact on system performance."

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PC Mag have posted a blog entry about a recent test by AV Comparatives comparing the different Anti-Virus products on the market, and how they perform when dealing with malware. The usual big boys are the best performers in this test, but what surprised me is how well Microsoft Security Essentials did in comparison. Considering MSE is a free product then this is the package I will be making sure my family install on their PC's, after all, I am the one they call when something is wrong! Have a look and see how the product you are using performs.


Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Microsoft Enters The PC Security Industry

Posted by Hooch Tan in "Digital Home News" @ 02:00 PM

http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/29/...is-now-live-an/

"For those not in on the beta or following Microsoft's exciting forays into freeware, the software promises to cover all the security basics and fend off viruses, spyware and other malicious software, and Microsoft even assures us that it'll "run quietly in the background" and only intrude on your life when an action is required."

Microsoft's Security Essentials has only been in beta for three months, but apparently is now ready for public consumption. It is free (for home and non-commercial use), available for most current versions of Windows and is being promptly frowned upon by other PC security vendors like Symantec. It is great to see Microsoft taking a more active approach in protecting Windows based computers, especially with the huge number of compromised computers out there causing untold amounts of harm and skimming everyone's personal information. Reviews have been coming in and so far the objective ones have been fairly positive. Of course, there are a wide variety of free and non-free solutions available, but this just gives people one less reason to not have their PC secured.


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