The tool, designed to protect PCs against hidden software, has been renamed "Windows Defender" and is getting a new look as well as capabilities to detect rootkits, keystroke loggers and other threats.
Windows Defender, an update to Windows AntiSpyware, is designed to protect Windows PCs against spyware, rootkits and other threats. Other security related updates include an enhanced firewall and added security in Internet Explorer to protect...
Any new technology is one that will have positives in its ability to protect itself and it will have new threats. Microsoft likes to tout all the security enhancements in Vista, do you care about things like that?
Muglia said Microsoft's security products will be rebranded under the Forefront name, which the company will use for security-related products going forward. The existing product, Microsoft Client Protection, which removes malware from PCs on...
The company earlier this year launched Windows Live OneCare, a product to protect consumer PCs, and it is readying security products for businesses under its new Forefront brand. Microsoft looks forward to his contribution to its efforts to help...
Kaspersky provides one of the scanning engines in ForeFront, Microsoft's business security product. Kaspersky also added her voice to McAfee and Symantec complaints that PatchGuard, designed to protect the Vista kernel, is hindering security...