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The Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR) outlines PC security threats and is based on data captured by Microsoft. Here is a download to the latest volume, covering the first half of 2010. Much of the report covers recent botnets. Botnets start when a virus infects a computer, either through spam or an infected web page. […] My favorite free security software for Windows is Microsoft Security Essentials from Microsoft, the folks who should be protecting their operating system. Microsoft just came out with a beta of their next version, Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 featuring: Windows Firewall integration– allows you to turn on or off the Windows Firewall during setup. Enhanced protection […] Is it time to buy those boxes of ammo and head for the hills? We’ll see. This Wednesday, April 1st the Conficker worm will do something. No one knows what. But it has security experts up late. It is believed that at one point Conficker was on 6% of the world’s PCs. This has been […] A recent Sterling, Virginia customer got hit by a fake warning that her computer had been infected by a virus. But it was just a pop-up browser window that, when clicked, actually installed malware on her computer. To add insult to injury, the malware installed is called Antivirus XP 2008. So you think it’s there […] This NY Times article talks about how a gang in a Russian town is using Microsoft administrative tools to infect private and government computers. A few excerpts: The gang was identified publicly in May by Joe Stewart, director of malware research at SecureWorks, a computer security firm in Atlanta. Mr. Stewart, who has determined that […] |