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Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 available for download December 20th, 2010 - 09:10 am ET Microsoft has released the second engine of their free anti-malware program which now also comes with heuristic analysis.

Kaspersky’s official site hijacked, used to distribute malware October 20th, 2010 - 12:35 pm ET After being compromised, Kaspersky Labs US site started offering users malicious software.

Microsoft Security Essentials: 30 million users October 01st, 2010 - 11:35 am ET Microsoft is celebrating its one year anniversary since the release of their free antivirus program which now counts more than 30 million users.

MS Security Essentials free for small business September 23rd, 2010 - 01:42 pm ET Microsoft’s free antivirus isn’t just aimed at home users but also small businesses that have less that 10 PC’s.

McAfee reimburses their bug until the 31st of May May 14th, 2010 - 01:15 pm ET Home uses and independent victims of McAfee’s defective update have until the end of the month to claim reimbursement for the cost of any computer work required after the ...

False positive : McAfee apologizes, a possible reimbursement for clients April 27th, 2010 - 10:10 am ET McAfee has apologised following the release of a defective update, offering to eventually reimburse any costs linked to the reinstallation of any affected PC.

McAfee locks up Windows XP April 22nd, 2010 - 11:20 am ET Following an update to the McAfee antivirus solution for enterprise clients, a false positive caused grave problems for Windows XP machines.

Microsoft Security Essentials : Beware of fakes! February 28th, 2010 - 12:20 pm ET Microsoft has released an alert about a fake antivirus which could be confused with their own free solution: Microsoft Security Essentials.

Antivirus : Solutions impact on system performance December 24th, 2009 - 11:10 am ET AV-Comparatives have published the results of tests carried out on 16 antivirus programs to evaluate their impact on system performance. AVIRA arrived in first place, while ...

Scan antivirus : Trend Micro contests Microsoft’s recommendations December 23rd, 2009 - 11:10 am ET For system performance reasons, Microsoft recommends excluding certain files from antivirus scans performed in Windows. According to Trend Micro, this is poor advice considering ...