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AV-Test Deems Windows Security Essentials "Very Good"

Posted by timothy on from the if-you're-in-the-right-demographic dept.

CWmike writes "Microsoft's new free security software, Windows Security Essentials, passed a preliminary antivirus exam with flying colors, said independent and trusted firm AV-Test, which tested Essentials, launched yesterday in beta, on Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. It put it up against nearly 3,200 common viruses, bot Trojans and worms, said Andreas Marx, one of the firm's managers. The malware was culled from the most recent WildList, a list of threats actually actively attacking computers. 'All files were properly detected and treated by the product,' Marx said in an e-mail. 'That's good, as several other [antivirus] scanners are still not able to detect and kill all of these critters yet.' It also tested well on false positives."

2 of 318 comments (clear)

  1. Microsoft Hate by xxuserxx · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So much hatred towards Microsoft here. My experiences with Server 2008 and Windows 7 have been nothing short of stellar. Terminal services are rediculously easy to setup through IIS (which happens to be more secure than Apache currently) and Windows7 benchmarks are better than XP. What else do you guys want from Microsoft?

  2. Re:Anti-trust? by BikeHelmet · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hey look, some insightful posts modded troll!

    This reminds me of something... oh right, yesterday!