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News (12)

• Microsoft's free anti-spyware hits market

  Windows Defender is a direct challenge to products from security vendors and notches up Microsoft's competitive push.

• Windows AntiSpyware becomes 'Defender'

  Microsoft is giving Windows AntiSpyware a makeover.

• Experts: Don't buy Vista for the security

  Windows Vista is a leap forward in terms of security, but few people who know the operating system say the advances are enough to justify an upgrade.

• Microsoft will wipe Sony's 'rootkit'

  Microsoft will update its security tools to detect and remove part of the copy protection tools installed on PCs when some music CDs are played.

• Microsoft flagged Symantec software as spyware

  Microsoft has corrected a mistake in its anti-spyware product that flagged some Symantec security tools as malicious software.

Features and Case Studies (9)

• Inside Vista's Security Center

  The Security Center in the Windows Vista October Community Technical Preview (CTP) is sporting a status bar titled Spyware Protection. Here's a closer look at the Spyware Protection status bar and explore the implications of it presence.

• The Netscaping of Symantec and McAfee

  Vendors Symantec and McAfee have looked into the future and don't want to become the next Netscapes.

• Windows 7 beta: We like it

  Windows 7 will be one of Microsoft's greatest operating systems, if it fulfils the promise shown by the unofficial beta version we have been testing for the past couple of days.

• Microsoft flagged Symantec software as spyware

  Microsoft has corrected a mistake in its anti-spyware product that flagged some Symantec security tools as malicious software.

• Allchin: Buy Vista for the security

  If you aren't impressed by the OS update's flash new features, consider getting Vista for its tougher defences, Windows chief Jim Allchin says.

Reviews (16)

• Microsoft Windows Defender beta 2

  With Windows Defender beta 2, Microsoft beefs up its free antispyware app with a new name, engine and tools.

• Microsoft Windows Defender

  Windows Defender is free and therefore should be a part of your desktop antispyware collection. Still, it's best to get a second opinion, probably from your name-brand antivirus-plus-software application.

• The best endpoint security suite is...

  Wondering which endpoint security suite keeps your clients the most protected? Enex TestLab racks them all up and puts them through their paces.

• BitDefender Antivirus 10

  BitDefender Antivirus 10 is a solid antivirus and antispyware solution, offering two-year subscriptions for the price of one elsewhere; however, it could be faster, offer built-in help, and uninstall better.

• Ad-Aware 2007

  Lavasoft Ad-Aware 2007 came in dead last in our CNET antispyware testing. Ad-Aware failed to detect half of the test spyware, and unlike nine out of the 10 other antispyware apps we reviewed in December 2007, left behind traces for all but one spyware.

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