12.22.2010

Upgraded Microsoft Security Essentials Released

Recently version 2 of Microsoft's very good anti-virus/malware product was released. This product has been expanded with the following new features:

New Features in 2.0

Here’s all of the new features in the latest release, which make it even more of a must-download:

* Network Traffic Inspection integrates into the network system and monitors the traffic at a low level without slowing down your PC, so it can actually detect threats before they get to your PC.
* Internet Explorer Integration blocks malicious scripts before IE even starts running them—clearly a big security advantage.
* Heuristic Scanning Engine finds malware that hasn’t been previously detected by scanning for certain types of attacks. This provides even more protection than just through virus definitions.


Whitman IT strongly recommends users of Security Essentials 1 and those who are approaching the expiration of their paid software upgrade now!

http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/default.aspx