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Malware Removal Starter Kit

July 11, 2007

Released today is a new free tool from Microsoft, this is a solution accelerator with scanning tools included. This includes making a WindowsPE CD to boot from to scan a computer for malware. "This guidance provides a set of tasks that licensed Windows® users can perform at no cost to create the Malware Removal Starter Kit. Recommendations for free malware-scanning tools are included. You can use these tools in combination with the kit to conduct scans, detect problems, and remove malware from...  ... Read the full post or  the first comment. Filed under: , ,

Browser Plugin Highlights Malware

February 06, 2007

The company Finjan has announced a browser plugin for Internet Explorer and Firefox that will detect and alert the user to malware infested links, ads, and search results with their new tool titled SecureBrowsing. It works by scanning the pages code in real time and then highlighting potentially malicious links in red, and clean ones in green. The scanning is built on their behavior based technology. The tool will be available in March and no price was given. Source and Donna's site . Regards, Anthony...  ... Read the full post or  be the first to comment. Filed under: ,

New Version of Windows Defender

October 24, 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=435bfce7-da2b-4a6a-afa4-f7f14e605a0d&displaylang=en Specific features of Windows Defender include: A redesigned and simplified user interface – Incorporating feedback from our customers, the Windows Defender UI has been redesigned to make common tasks easier to accomplish with a warning system that adapts alert levels according to the severity of a threat so that it is less intrusive overall, but still ensures the user does not miss...  ... Read the full post or  be the first to comment. Filed under: , ,