Recently, Microsoft announced that there was a new Hotmail available for its users to enjoy, packing great, appealing features.
One of these is the Microsoft SmartScreen, included into the mix in an attempt to make the sorting of newsletters an easier task.
“Since newsletters account for more than a quarte... |
16 January 2012
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Trend Micro researchers are backing up anti-malware experts from Sophos in claiming that Microsoft's recently published SmartScreen numbers are of little relevance and might actually lead to a false sense of security.Starting with Internet Explorer 9 Microsoft has added an application reputation component to the... |
26 May 2011
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It’s somewhat to be expected of Microsoft to build additional mitigation layers into the next major iteration of Windows, and it appears that one extra security mechanism has been confirmed for Windows 8 on top of what’s available by default today in Windows 7. Softpedia readers might remember that in la... |
8 April 2011
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Microsoft is expanding a very successful security feature from Internet Explorer 8 to protect users of its Cloud services and applications from social engineering attacks and account abuse. Essentially, the Redmond company announced the introduction of SmartScreen for URLs for its Windows Live Wave 4 offerings. As a ... |
7 July 2010
07:49 GMT |
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Microsoft continues to beat the drum of Internet Explorer 8’s superiority in terms of security compared to rival browser. The Redmond company has used the Black Friday and Cyber Monday days, and the boost in online shopping associated with the two post-Thanksgiving dates, to stress the importance of running a s... |
2 December 2009
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Microsoft’s latest iteration of Internet Explorer comes with enhanced security features compared to its predecessor, helping users stay secure while browsing. In both Windows Vista and Windows 7, Internet Explorer 8 is designed to run by default with low privileges, in the context in which User Account Control... |
27 November 2009
04:58 GMT |
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Microsoft's claims that it has invested heavily in bulletproofing Internet Explorer 8 as much as possible are by no means a simple marketing strategy to pass the browser as offering a high level of security for end users. In fact, a recent study performed by the NSS Labs signaled out IE8 as the safest browser co... |
26 March 2009
10:56 GMT |
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The SmartScreen Filter introduced in Internet Explorer 8 is the evolution of the Phishing Filter feature brought to the table with Internet Explorer 7. Designed as an extra layer of defense not only against phishing scams but also against web-based malicious code, the SmartScreen filter has also evolved since it was ... |
10 February 2009
09:36 GMT |
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