News (14)

  • Microsoft: Sorry for OneCare fiasco

    Microsoft Australia has apologised to users who have lost their entire Outlook and Outlook Express e-mail archives due to a flaw in Windows Live OneCare.

  • Microsoft throws US$50m at enterprise security product

    Last week, Microsoft said it would invest US$50 million into improving Forefront, which is a security product aimed at large companies. Redmond also said it would soon be improving its OneCare desktop security product.

  • Microsoft security product set for US debut

    Microsoft plans to start selling Windows OneCare Live in the US on Thursday, three years after it announced its intent to move into the antivirus space.

  • Microsoft's security product hits home stretch

    Microsoft plans to release its subscription security program before the northern summer and to challenge its main rivals on pricing, ZDNet Australia sister site CNET News.com has learned.

  • Patch Tuesday skips Windows zero-day exploit

    Microsoft on Tuesday issued security patches that plug critical holes in Microsoft Word and Publisher and a vulnerability in Windows for which a zero-day exploit has been available for weeks.

More News >

Blogs (3)

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Did Microsoft OneCare kill your Outlook?

    If you recently signed up with Microsoft's OneCare Live antivirus service -- and you use Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express -- there is a chance that your stored e-mails have been wiped out.

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Can Norton 360 be trusted?

    Symantec is about to launch Norton 360 in Australia and although the product seems to have some interesting features, it will take more than marketing hype to persuade me that the company has stopped making bloated and unreliable software.

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Microsoft's AV success may lead to PR disaster?

    Microsoft launched its Windows Live OneCare antivirus package in the US earlier this year and instantly grabbed 15 percent of the market; although this may be good in terms of short term revenue, it could completely wreck everything the software giant has invested in improving its reputation for security.

Features and Case Studies (1)

  • 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.

Reviews (5)

  • Windows Live OneCare

    Windows Live OneCare is the first of many managed online security services to debut this year. We recommend waiting, then comparing the offerings from Symantec, McAfee, and other established security vendors before deciding on a managed online security service.

  • Windows Vista Home Basic

    Windows Vista Home Basic is essentially warmed-over Windows XP, Windows XP SP3. If you're currently happy with Windows XP SP2, we see no compelling reason to upgrade. On the other hand, if you need a new computer right now, Windows Vista is stable enough for everyday use.

  • Windows Vista Home Premium

    Windows Vista Home Premium is essentially warmed-over Windows XP Home Edition. If you're currently happy with Windows XP SP2, we see no compelling reason to upgrade. On the other hand, if you need a new computer right now, Windows Vista Home Premium is stable enough for everyday use.

  • Windows Vista Ultimate

    Windows Vista Ultimate is essentially warmed-over Windows XP. If you're currently happy with Windows XP SP2, we see no compelling reason to upgrade. On the other hand, if you need a new computer right now, Windows Vista is stable enough for everyday use.

  • Windows Vista Business

    Windows Vista Business is essentially warmed-over Windows XP. If you're currently happy with Windows XP SP2, we see no compelling reason to upgrade. On the other hand, if you need a new computer right now, Windows Vista is stable enough for everyday use.

Create an e-mail alert for "defender"
ZDNet Australia Alerts is an e-mail alert service which provides personalised news, features and reviews to readers’ inbox on an hourly, daily and weekly basis.
Alert:
defender


Frequency: *

Filter Tags

  1. Popularity: 1 adware
  2. Popularity: 1 anti
  3. Popularity: 1 anti-virus
  4. Popularity: 1 antipiracy
  5. Popularity: 4 antivirus
  6. Popularity: 1 basic
  7. Popularity: 2 bug
  8. Popularity: 1 ecommerce
  9. Popularity: 3 european union
  10. Popularity: 2 evers
  11. Popularity: 3 flaw
  12. Popularity: 1 generate
  13. Popularity: 2 home
  14. Popularity: 1 infocards
  15. Popularity: 2 joris
  16. Popularity: 1 joris evers
  17. Popularity: 3 live
  18. Popularity: 1 live onecare
  19. Popularity: 1 longhorn
  20. Popularity: 10 microsoft
  21. Popularity: 2 ms
  22. Popularity: 2 norton
  23. Popularity: 1 norton confidential
  24. Popularity: 2 onecare live
  25. Popularity: 1 operating
  26. Popularity: 5 os
  27. Popularity: 1 passport
  28. Popularity: 1 passwords
  29. Popularity: 2 patch
  30. Popularity: 1 premium
  31. Popularity: 2 product
  32. Popularity: 1 ransomware
  33. Popularity: 1 rsa conference
  34. Popularity: 12 security
  35. Popularity: 1 social engineering
  36. Popularity: 2 software
  37. Popularity: 1 spy-ware
  38. Popularity: 5 spyware
  39. Popularity: 1 stealth
  40. Popularity: 3 symantec
  41. Popularity: 1 system
  42. Popularity: 1 transactions
  43. Popularity: 2 trojan
  44. Popularity: 4 virus
  45. Popularity: 8 vista
  46. Popularity: 9 windows
  47. Popularity: 1 windows genuine
  48. Popularity: 1 windows genuine advantage notifications
  49. Popularity: 1 wmf
  50. Popularity: 3 xp

Latest Videos

Sponsored content

Power Centre - Content from our premier sponsors

Blogs

  • Renai LeMay Australian Govt funds IT start-ups
    This week Australia's Federal Government announced it had allocated $3.6 million in funding to 57 local research projects so that they could be commercialised, with many of them being web or IT-related start-ups.
  • Array Google should come clean on datacentres
    It's nice that Google says it has put an effort into making its datacentres more energy efficient, but the search giant's pledges won't mean much until it discloses just how many of the beasties it's actually running.
  • Array US shows what OPEL could have been
    Sprint's WiMAX roll-out in Baltimore will prove the Australian government's decision to worm its way out of the Opel WiMAX contract was a short-sighted, and ultimately damaging, political stunt that has benefited nobody.
  • More blogs »

Back to top

Featured