Kaspersky products incorrectly blocked access to legitimate websites reporting that ads from Google AdSense were infected with a Trojan horse labeled Trojan.JS.Redirector.ar. Russian-based antivirus maker Kaspersky managed to shoot itself in the foot and deliver a blow to its credibility and legitimacy as a maker of security solution. Again. But while shooting itself in the foot, Kaspersky also hurt its own users and damaged legitimate Internet-based businesses, by falsely alerting customers of its most recent and “top of the line” AV product that Google is spreading malware through AdSense. Again! Despite the erroneous alerts f... [read more >>] It looks like a free tool Microsoft is providing to forensics investigators in approximately 190 markets worldwide has found its match. The antidote for Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor (COFEE) has been released to web and is currently available for download under the moniker DECAF, an acronym for Detect and Eliminate Computer Assisted Forensics. DECAF comes on the heels of a COFEE leak, after the free forensics tool from the Redmond company made its way into the wild. At the time of this article, the leaked version of COFEE continues to be offered for download on BitTorrent trackers and warez websites. DECAF can be grabbed from ... [read more >>] Believe it or not, but the recently introduced, free security solution from Microsoft manages to hold its own against fully-fledged, paid security suites from heavyweight players on the security market, at least when it comes down to generic detection and heuristic techniques. In fact, Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0, formerly codenamed Morro, fared better than the products from security companies that were fast to downplay the relevance of a free basic solution from the Redmond company. According to AV-Comparatives, Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 outperformed no less than 10 rival products for heuristics detection. AV-Compa... [read more >>] Taking an innovative approach to the now traditional methods of delivering security for Windows computers, Panda Security has made available for download the final version of its free Cloud-based antivirus offering. Panda Cloud Antivirus is a free security offering designed to integrate seamlessly with Windows 7, but also with its predecessors, including Windows Vista and Windows XP. When it comes down to Windows 7 and Vista, support is available for both 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) flavors of the two platforms, while only x86 XP is supported. Panda Security launched the first Beta development milestone of Panda Cloud Antivirus in April 2... [read more >>] Microsoft first revealed plans to deliver a free security solution designed to accompany its latest iteration of the Windows client to market in the second half of November 2008. Developed under the codename Morro, Microsoft Security Essentials was released almost a month ahead of the general availability of Windows 7 and is also designed to run on Windows Vista and Windows XP. The Redmond company made sure that Microsoft Security Essentials was tailored to Windows 7, and the security solution has made it among the exclusive list of the first anti-virus certification programs for the operating system. Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 has... [read more >>] A notorious Mac white hacker has put the latest iterations of client operating systems from both Apple and Microsoft in the balance and, after weighing, found the most recent cat from Cupertino inferior in terms of security compared to the rival from Redmond. Charlie Miller, of Baltimore-based Independent Security Evaluators, who managed to hack Mac OS X Leopard in record time in the past, indicated that the security Apple built into Snow Leopard is inferior not only to Windows 7, but also to Windows Vista, a three-year old operating system released at the end of January 2007. Miller’s statement contradicts the general perception that... [read more >>] Come June 23rd, 2009, Microsoft will open up codename Morro, its upcoming free security solution designed to replace Windows Live OneCare 2.0, to the public. The Redmond company offered official confirmation that codename Morro had been rebranded as Microsoft Security Essentials, and that the first Beta for version 1.0 was ready to debut next week. Access to Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 Beta will be granted to testers in the United States, Brazil and Israel, the software giant informed. The information provided by Microsoft comes after screenshots of Morro made it into the wild, followed by the actual bits, leaked a couple of days ago.... [read more >>] Microsoft's next-generation free antivirus for Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2/SP1/RTM and Windows XP SP3 has been leaked into the wild. Users with a BitTorrent client can already grab the bits via their favorite torrent tracker, but even less is needed for warez websites that supply the direct download links. With the leak comes confirmation of the official build under which the Redmond company will offer the security solution that will kill Windows Live OneCare. Codename Morro has been branded Microsoft Security Essentials, and version 1.0 is currently available for download, just not from Microsoft. What you are getting? A very basic, ... [read more >>] Microsoft is on the verge of making available for download the first taste of an upcoming free security solution designed to replace Windows Live OneCare. In November 2008, the Redmond company announced plans to discontinue the availability of Windows Live OneCare and to offer Windows users a consumer-centric security offering, code-named “Morro.” Over half a year later, the first public Beta of Morro is just around the corner, the software giant confirmed officially. However, Microsoft has so far failed to provide a specific deadline for the availability of the first Beta build of code-name Morro. Still, early builds of Morro... [read more >>] Microsoft is cooking a free security solution, designed to integrate seamlessly with Windows 7, as well as with Windows Vista RTM/SP1/SP2 and Windows XP SP3. Advertised as a no-cost consumer security offering, code-named “Morro” is set up to be much more than a simple antivirus, also offering protection against spyware, rootkits and Trojan horses, according to the software giant. However, the Redmond company emphasized that the streamlined solution would be focused on nothing more than offering core anti-malware protection. Code-named “Morro” is expected to be made available in the second half of 2009, just in time f... [read more >>] | 
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