Apply for Microsoft’s Security Essentials ongoing beta

Admin — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:18:43 +0000

Microsoft is still accepting beta testers for its "ongoing beta" of Security Essentials.
Security Essentials build 1.0.1611.0 was released to the public at the end of September and Microsoft promised future updates. The beta test program offers a test build named 1.0.1676.0 for download which updates to 1.0.1743.0.
Security Essentials is designed to work on Windows XP, Vista and 7 and protects end users against virus threats and spy ware. MSE is Microsoft’s free anti-virus and anti-spyware product that replaced Microsoft’s paid Windows Live OneCare subscription service which was withdrawn earlier this year. Neowin exclusively revealed Security Essentials in June when it was codenamed "Morro".
If you’d like to test the ongoing beta then follow the sign-up link below. If you sign-up you should be auto accepted. Thanks to Rafael Rivera for the news tip.
View: Microsoft Security Essentials ongoing beta

Source: Neowin

Fake Security Software All Up

Admin — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:59:51 +0000

Some fake security softwares revealed by Microsoft are :

You may recognize some of the relatively recent rogues from this list such as FakeXPA, FakeSecSen and FakeRean. Some others, such as Winfixer and SpySheriff, have origins that actually go back to more than four years ago. On page 100 of our Security Intelligence Report volume 7, we observed that rogues remained a significant threat even though they trended down to 13.4 million infected computers in 1H09 from 16.8 million in 2H08. (Internet Explorer 8 SmartScreen Filter, a browser-based security feature, contributed to part of the decline).

As we have done in the past, we again encourage our readers to run a complete, up to date AV product such as Microsoft Security Essentials to protect their computers from these rogues, especially if located in English speaking countries – the regions where these rogues appear most active (as highlighted in the SIR). MSRT is a baseline tool we provide for the ecosystem to remove prevalent threats such as high profile rogues. With Security Essentials, on the other hand, you get the benefit of the complete AV signature set from the MMPC and you get the essential protection features an AV solution needs – real time, kernel mode detection, scheduled scan, complicated cleaning functionalities to address the emergent threats, etc.

Still, awareness of the threat event is also important. Take a look at some of the write-ups of these threats, get familiar with some of the enticing rogue skins used (like that displayed in the Win32/InternetAntivirus screenshot below) and tell your friends and families to be alert to the tricks used to socially engineer victims into opening their wallets for these ‘useless at best’ rogue AVs.

Thankyou to Mr. Scott wu for this valuable information

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Apply for Microsoft’s Security Essentials ongoing beta

Fake Security Software All Up