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Microsoft Windows Defender Offline Beta Released

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Looking for another tool in the battle against malware and viruses?

Then you should check out Microsoft’s recently released Windows Defender Offline Beta. 

Ultimately just about everyone gets hit with an issue related to malware or viruses – it is not a matter of if but when.  So when the time . . .

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Microsoft Security Essentials Beta Goes Public

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After opening up their first closed beta download just last week the Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) Team has now made the beta download available to everyone.

If you want to try out the beta, which is extremely stable, then just head to the main MSE page and look for this download box:

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Microsoft Security Essentials Beta Signups Begin

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The Microsoft Malware Protection Center revealed today that registration is available for anyone to sign up to become a beta tester for the next version of the Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) software.  MSE is a free anti-virus/anti-malware solution for Windows computers and has proven to be in the top 10 of available . . .

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Microsoft Working on Issue Related to Duqu Malware

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You never know what kind of tidbits you can mine from Twitter as your watching the timeline go by.  Today it was a tweet from the official Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) account:

As reported by ZDNet’s Ryan Naraine on the Zero Day blog this attack comes from an infected . . .

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Security Engine Update Due on 23 February 2011

Over at the Antimalware Engine Notifications they announced an update to the antimalware engine that powers Microsoft Security Essentials, Forefront Client Security and Forefront Endpoint Security.

The update is expected in the middle of next week and the version is expected to be in the range of 1.1.660X.0.

To ensure you . . .

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Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 13

Well we have returned from a three month hiatus with the show and are ready to get back to the task at hand to provide you information on tech. This show focuses on online safety and security since October is National Cyber Security Month. Everything from avoiding scams, phishing attempts, work at home scams, and Facebook privacy. We also mention our 2,000th post at WindowsObserver.com and a couple of giveaways we are hosting. . . .

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