Posts Tagged ‘anti-virus’

Official Virus Scanning Recommendations for Windows 7 from Microsoft

Written by Kent on December 23rd, 2009 | Posted in Security | Tags:

Most of the anti-virus software out there, if not all of them, have the setting that allows you to exclude some of the folders or files from scanning. In some ...

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Microsoft Responded To Sophos Windows 7 Vulnerability Claim

Written by Kent on November 8th, 2009 | Posted in Security | Tags: ,

Guys at Sophos, a security vendor, did some test on their SophosLabs with 10 unique samples to a Windows 7 clean installed machine that were configured as system default and ...

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The Free AVG Anti-Virus is on Version 9.0 now, works on Windows 7

Written by Kent on October 18th, 2009 | Posted in Security, Tools | Tags: ,

The free edition of AVG Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware has served me quite well for the past a few years. I am quite happy that I walked away from Symantec and ...

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Download The Final Free Anti-Virus Security Essential Now

Written by Jonathan on September 29th, 2009 | Posted in Security, Tools | Tags: , , , ,

Yes, its official. Microsoft has now released the final version of their Free Anti-Virus. (You have to have a genuine Windows, hacked version won't work) We've covered in earlier June ...

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Download Norton Antivirus 2010 Beta on Windows 7

Written by Jonathan on July 21st, 2009 | Posted in Security, Tools | Tags: ,

The new Norton Antivirus 2010 for Windows 7 is finally here. Although we've said Symantec Norton Anti-Virus are way behind the game now, its true that they are very late ...

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Microsoft Security Essential Looks Great, But Not Accepting More Participants

Written by Kent on June 26th, 2009 | Posted in Security | Tags: , ,

Microsoft opened its new antivirus product Security Essential beta to public about a week ago. So far it runs great on my test Windows 7 machine, along ...

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Microsoft Security Essentials (aka Morro) is out for public beta [free anti-virus]

Written by Kent on June 23rd, 2009 | Posted in Security, Tools | Tags: , , ,

Microsoft has a few security products in place helping you protect your beloved computer. The only piece they were missing seems to be a high-competitive and efficient anti-virus product. Now, ...

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