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Fred Langa with Windows Secrets has written about his experiences with Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) running on Windows 7. http://windowssecrets.com/2010/05/06/01-The-120-day-Microsoft-security-suite-test-drive Important points… Use firewall, filters (in browsers & email), and anti-malware. Products from Microsoft are finally easy-to-use for normal users. MSE can be configured to be very unobtrusive. MSE will frustrate advanced users, or those [...]
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For most folks, FREE is a word that they makes their ears perk up. Microsoft Security Essentials is a FREE anti-virus and anti-spyware offering from Microsoft. They bill it as a light-weight product that has a smaller footprint than commercial products. It is intended for the home user. It can be found at www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/ Obviously, [...]
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Sorry to bring this up, but your computer is not perfect. Neither were the programmers who wrote the programs. Neither were the dude’s who designed the hardware. And of course the user is not perfect! Patches and Updates are used to correct programming errors and fix vulnerabilities in the software. It is difficult to keep [...]
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It’s convenient to just turn on your computer, go get a cup of coffee and have the desktop waiting for you when you come back. Right? But do you realize that you are putting your sensitive data at risk when you do that? What if you lose your computer? One barrier to the Bad Guys [...]
You’ve probably heard that a worm is set to kick off on April 1, which will cause untold damage to your computer and will spread quickly across the Internet. Before panic sets in, take the time to read this Q&A from f-secure. It addresses the basic facts about Conflicker. Also, the Q&A shows the simple [...]
