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 >>] Microsoft is indeed offering Windows Live OneCare 2.0 for free, but only the 90-day trial period version. However, the fully fledged security solution can be grabbed from Amazon.com for a total cost of $0. The official price of the product is $49.95. But the actual deducted price is just $30, the e-commerce website offering no less than 40%, or $19.95 off. But in addition to the discount, Amazon.com has also set up a rebate of no less than $30, essentially making Windows Live OneCare completely free. And this is not the 90-day trial version of the antivirus, but a license for an entire year. Windows Live OneCare 2.0 went live in mid-Novembe... [read more >>] Ubuntu 7.10 is the only operating system that has survived unscathed from a hacking competition hosted by CanSecWest Vancouver 2008 and sponsored by TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative. Outside of the Canonical distribution of the Linux operating system, Apple's Mac OS X Leopard was the first to be owned in day 2 of CanSecWest with Windows Vista Ultimate Service Pack 1 next on the last day. All the platforms which have been used as targets in the competition were fully updated with the latest released security patches. But while Mac OS X 10.5.2 Leopard was hacked via a zero-day vulnerability in Safari 3.1, Vista Ultimate SP1 was ow... [read more >>] Without a doubt, in the face-off between Windows, Mac OS X and Linux, the platforms' strong and weak points contribute to the subjective superiority of one product over the others. The top operating system is ultimately a combination of marketing and consumer perspective. But once in a while the three platforms are thrown in the same arena together against a common challenge. It is the case of CanSecWest Vancouver 2008 where the security of Windows Vista Ultimate Service Pack 1 RTM, Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.2 and Ubuntu Linux 7.10 will be tested in a hacking contest. Essentially hackers will have two days at their disposal to own one of t... [read more >>] The search for the best antivirus of 2008 has advanced one step further, courtesy of security solution testing lab AV-Test.org. All the best available 2008 security suite editions were thrown against in excess of 1.1 million samples of malicious code on an arena of Windows XP SP2. At this point in time, with XP SP3 just around the corner, the results released by AV-Test are also valid for the third and final service pack of Windows XP, but not the same is valid for the Windows Vista (plus Service Pack 1) platform. "A comprehensive review should not only concentrate on detection scores of the on-demand scanner, as this would give a user only... [read more >>] | 
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