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AV-Test Deems Windows Security Essentials "Very Good"
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."
Imagine your willy being smacked until it bleeds.
Willy on Wheels (J.delanoy)!
...create a secure operating system and one doesn't need anti-malware in the first place!
Apple learned this lesson years ago and a good reason for Linux.
20 years, only one virus 16 years ago. WDEF.
(note: self installed trojans are not viruses)
That's all, so why hasn't M$ got it yet?
what a stupid, cheap troll. Why is this crap modded up these days?
Did you land here by accident? Go back to cracked.com.
It should be noted that you are a douchebag.
Again, parent really shouldn't be modded troll. The EU seems to like picking on Microsoft for the most insane of reasons. I'm no Microsoft fan, but half the shit that the EU charges them with is ridiculous and hypocritical.
DNA -- National Dyslexic Association
What is broken is the Microsoft mindset where they have encouraged the end user that it is normal to run any program you find anywhere, with admin privileges and let it install.
Regardless of UAC or not, that model of software distribution is totally unworkable.
Any signature based anti-malware system will fail to cope with that- it will time lag as new threats emerge.
That is just crazy way of doing things. Windows Security Essentials is a band aid, and doesn't address at all what windows needs: Proper, trusted package management, with safe repositories.
( I just couldn't bring myself to finish the title) Wonder how they'll cripple this one? "For only $99/month, your computer can be covered, too!"
The Tea Party is just the GOP with a bag over its head.