The US Computer Emergency Readiness Team is preparing to take the wraps off the Common Malware Enumeration (CME) initiative - a project meant to reduce the confusion caused by the different names security companies give worms, viruses and other...
The addition of rootkit protection means Windows Defender can detect and remove rootkits, hacker tools designed to go undetected by security software. The tool, designed to protect PCs against hidden software, has been renamed "Windows Defender...
Detection and removal of the rootkit component will also be in Windows Defender, the forthcoming update to Windows AntiSpyware that will also be part of Windows XP successor Windows Vista, Microsoft said.
Windows Defender is going to become the default anti-spyware engine, certainly for most consumers that have Vista machines. The long-awaited successor to Windows XP will introduce important changes at the heart of the operating system, as well as...
It is also working on a tool called InfoCard to secure transactions, and it offers Windows Defender at no cost to fight spyware and related pests. The software, called Norton Confidential, will offer a shield against malicious software and phishing...
In what could be good news for the security companies, some reviewers aren't enthusiastic about Windows Firewall, the Windows Defender spyware tool or Windows Live OneCare. The products, for Vista and Windows XP, will include a new detection...
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