Archive for July 4th, 2009

Microsoft Debuts Free Antivirus Software Beta

Saturday, July 4th, 2009
Microsoft Debuts Free Antivirus Software Beta

Microsoft on Tuesday released a beta version of its new free anti-virus offering, Microsoft Security Essentials (a.k.a “Morro”). My review, in short: the program is a fast, easy to use and unobtrusive new addition to the stable of free anti-virus options available today. MSE is basically the next generation of Microsoft’s Windows Live Onecare anti-virus... »

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Mozilla Pushes the Web Forward With Firefox 3.5

Saturday, July 4th, 2009

Mozilla Firefox 3.5 is the culmination of nearly a year-long quest to build a browser for the next version of the web. And while it’s not perfect, it comes very, very close. The open-source browser is now available for download for Windows, Mac and Linux. Originally envisioned as a quick follow-up to 2008’s release of Firefox... »

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Dangerous new spam run infects users through PDF exploit

Saturday, July 4th, 2009
Dangerous new spam run infects users through PDF exploit

Yesterday, our honeypots started detecting a dangerous new spam run, pushing a fake update for Outlook and Outlook Express. Purporting to come from Microsoft, the spam pushes people to a web page which then redirects to a page serving a PDF exploit. Clicking the link takes one to a “Microsoft” update page. One of several... »

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