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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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Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 28

Welcome to Episode 28 of the Observed Tech PODCAST. It was a busy week on the site and in the tech world. In this episode we talk Facebook security both vulnerabilities and new features to improve on it; Nokia World 11; an online safety survey/self test; fake antivirus attacks are decreasing; Windows Phone 7.7 rollout goes 100%; Microsoft Security Essentials in 33 languages; HP sticking with PC’s; New York Times praise for Windows Phone 7; the FeedBeater service; deleting Promoted Tweets from your timeline; stats on ownership of tablet computers; Spammers creating their own short URL services to hide their wares; Facebook’s gamers outnumber Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo combined; tools to protect small businesses from cyber attacks; BMW allowing cars talk to each other; Kinect Fun Labs Air band Module for free; Windows Phone Inner Circle Tour; Webcams live from Statue of Liberty; a Nikon D300S heads to orbit and returns; Windows Phone Marketplace over 35,000 apps; Netflix launching in UK next year as its stock drops and users flee in droves this year and why you should give up Windows XP for good. As usual we wrap up with a look at the past week on WindowsObserver.com . . .

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Anti-Virus Endorsed by Homeland Security? I Don’t Think So.

There is another attempt to get you to download bogus anti-virus software circulating via email around the Internet and you need to be very careful as these get more and more sophisticated.

The latest email I have seen is using the name of the Department of Homeland Security to draw attention to . . .

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Defend Your Computer Brochure

Microsoft continues their production of brochures that are intended to help raise awareness on computer safety.

Brochure answering the question "How do you better secure your computer?" The information provided focuses on strengthening a computer’s defenses, and what individuals can do to protect themselves as they click their way across the web. . . .

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