Did you know that Microsoft’s new Window8 will come with built-in antivirus?

www.spywarenews.org – For years, a lot of people have been finding it hard to choose for the best antivirus. There are many antiviruses available in the internet but most of them are costly and some have to be downloaded each year. Isn’t it a relief to know that Microsoft’s new Window8 will come with built-in antivirus?

Millions of people are using computers each day. It has been a part of our lives since they were invented. It makes do things easier such as connecting with other people through email or online social networks, shopping online, typing or projects, or even reading news and celebrity gossips. However, with these benefits that we get, there are still problems that we encounter. One of it is the different malwares, viruses, and other malicious software that could harm our computers. It is really hard and sometimes frustrating when we are looking for the good antivirus that we can use. There are many viruses and other malicious software that can out computers every time whenever we use it.

Free antivirus software has been made available by Microsoft through Microsoft Security Essential but it wasn’t in the package with Microsoft so it still had to be downloaded. Now that the new Window8 will come with built-in antivirus, people won’t have to look for the best antivirus available online. It will come with the packaged of the functions offered by the Microsoft Security Essentials. This means that Window 8 antivirus will offer a protection against viruses, malware, firewall, parental controls, and other malicious software. It will also secure computers from malware infected bootable USB drives. Windows 8 is expected to be released on the third quarter of 2012.

When it was confirmed that Microsoft new Window8 will come with built-in antivirus, there many people reacted and said that that it will greatly affect antivirus industries. Some say that these companies may file complaints with legal authorities. Moreover, it could create a security monoculture with a single application that will secure majority of systems. When this single application is attacked, it could create a major problem.

A lot of consumers will surely be happy with the new Window8 that will come with built-in antivirus. Indeed, Microsoft has come a long way in providing consumers a good quality of service. With Microsoft’s new Window 8, consumers will surely love surfing, downloading, and inserting flash drives without worrying their computers to have viruses.

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Certification for antivirus operating on Microsoft Windows 7 has been issued by independent test lab AV-Test. Nineteen antivirus products have been tested for Q2/2010 in term of protection, repair and usability. The full reports can be view here http://www.av-test.org/certifications?order=repair_desc&lang=en

Certified antivirus products were as follows:

Uncertified antivirus products were:

* Total score calculate from AV-Test Product Review and Certification Report – 2010/Q2

Of the 19 security products tested, 13 received AV-Test certification for Windows 7. If you are looking for antivirus to protect your Windows 7, you won’t go wrong with any of the certified ones.

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Microsoft Security Essentials is a free anti-virus software from Microsoft. It runs in the background to protect your personal computer against malware, spyware, viruses as well as other malicious online threats.

Microsoft Security Essentials is completely free to all genuine Windows Vista and Windows 7 users, but available only for 32-bit Win XP. It’s a small download that provide whole lots of features.

Review of Microsoft Security Essentials Scanning and Performance

Microsoft Security Essentials performance in detecting and blocking malware was comparable to other commercial antivirus products with detection rate of 98% in our test. However it did very well in our proactive tests, which simulate how well a program detects new, unknown malware. In our test it caught exactly what NOD 32 caught and malware detection was actually better than AVG.

Microsoft Security Essentials performance in boot time and shut-down time was quite impressive. However, it was significantly slower at scanning compared to major security vendors.

MSE impressive boot time improvement : Boot time reduce by more than 70 seconds after replacing Avira with Microsoft Security Essentials. Boot time tracking using Soluto.

It ranks highly in performance and easy on system resources. The graphical user interface was remarkably neat and user friendly, and it comes pre-configured. Microsoft Security Essentials has one of the simplest GUIs we have seen for a computer security solution. It’s not obtrusive like many of the antivirus software currently on the market.

After the program is installed, the software will update itself automatically. Updates are published 3 times a day to Microsoft Update. It is always kept up to date so you can rest assured your computer is protected.

Free isn’t always good when you need a good quality product, but up to now Microsoft Security Essentials has proved otherwise. To summarize, MSE is highly recommended as a free antivirus program which will protect your pc. Microsoft Security Essentials can be download at http://www.microsoft.com/Security_essentials/. Installation is painless and quick. This is a genuinely a good product and come highly recommended.

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Since Vista’s release last year, Microsoft has hailed the operating system’s security features. Some have even claimed the operating systems would make anti-virus software obsolete.

PC Tools took that opportunity to examine Microsoft’s claims, and conducted research over six months with 1.5 million of its customers using its ThreatFire Anti-Virus Software.

If a threat occurred on the machines, it was sent to a back-end service of PC Tools, which was then ran through a third party anti-virus company to check the validity of the threat.

The research found that while Vista had improved upon XP’s ratio of 1,021 per 1,000 machines, there were still 639 threats per 1,000 machines running Vista.

Strangely enough, some of Vista’s biggest security problems may actually stem from features that were supposed to increase security.

“Macs and Vista have similar security prompts that pop up when you install software,” said PC Tools CEO Simon Clausen.

“On Macs, those prompts come up a lot less often, usually for really big procedures, but on Vista, they come up a lot more frequently.”

“I think after a while, Vista users just get tired and become blasé about their security, and either ignore the prompts or turn them off- people don’t want to have to be a security guard for their PC.”

Clausen stressed that although Vista boasted somewhat of a security improvement over XP, there were less threats to Vista as it has a smaller distribution base.

source:http://www.itnews.com.au/News/75846,research-suggests-microsoft-overestimated-vista-security.aspx