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New Microsoft site with latest online safety information
Keep up to date with the latest safety information from Microsoft. Watch videos or get information from others through online communities. Protect yourself from fraud, secure the data and, if you think it's helpful, share it with others on Facebook...
Posted: Tue, Sep 8 2009 21:12 by jubo | with no comments
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New portal for Microsoft Malware Protection Center
Today Microsoft has a new portal for the Malware Protection Center. Looks very good. Shows you were to get updates for several products like OneCare, Defender and the latest product Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE). You can submit a virus example....
Posted: Tue, Jul 21 2009 22:39 by jubo | with no comments
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Kaspersky Anti-virus boot CD
Kaspersky released a new Boot CD. If your computer is infected by a, or more virus(es) and you want to boot the computer from CD, then download the 120MB ISO-file from Kaspersky. The Boot-CD is based on Gentoo Linux and will download the latest anti-virus...
Posted: Sun, Jul 19 2009 15:33 by jubo | with 2 comment(s)
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Microsoft Office 2010: The Movie
In case you're using Microsoft Office... the future is near... ;) Check out the website: http://www.office2010themovie.com/
Posted: Sat, Jul 11 2009 22:46 by jubo | with no comments
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Microsoft Security Advisory: Video ActiveX control could allow remote code execution
Microsoft has released a Microsoft security advisory about this issue for IT professionals. The security advisory contains additional security-related information. To view the security advisory, visit the following Microsoft Web site: http://www.microsoft...
Posted: Thu, Jul 9 2009 11:15 by jubo | with no comments
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Microsoft Security Essentials Beta available for download
If you’re interested in the Beta of Microsoft Security Essentials and you want to download it, then go to their web site MSE Beta . Better hurry because it seems it’s topped at 75,000 downloads. If you have any questions then you’ll find the answers at...
Posted: Tue, Jun 23 2009 18:43 by jubo | with no comments
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Microsoft Security Essentials/MORRO Beta released June 23rd
Mary-Jo Foley had a chat with Alan Parker, General Manager of Microsoft’s Anti-Malware team, and based on that conversation it seems that MSE/Morro will be released as Beta on June 23rd. WGA validation seems to be required. For more detailed information...
Posted: Fri, Jun 19 2009 16:57 by jubo | with no comments
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Microsoft Security Intelligence Report Vol. 6
The Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR), vol. 6, provides an in-depth perspective on the changing threat landscape including software vulnerability disclosures and exploits, malicious software (malware), and potentially unwanted software. More...
Posted: Sat, Apr 11 2009 1:23 by jubo | with no comments
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New portal for Microsoft's Malware Protection Center
Today, during the 2nd day of the MVP Meeting at Microsoft campus, the team of MMPC, Monilee Atkinson, Tareq Saade, showed us the new web portal for their blog. You really have to check out this website: http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/beta ....
Posted: Mon, Mar 2 2009 23:08 by jubo | with no comments
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Safer Internet Day 2009
Safer Internet Day 2009 Safer Internet Day takes place each year in February to promote safer and more responsible use of online technology and mobile phones, especially amongst children and young people across the world For more information check the...
Posted: Tue, Feb 10 2009 10:11 by jubo | with no comments
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Bit quiet here...
It's a bit quiet here, but it has a good reason. My wife and I are moving from Almere , Netherlands to Washington (State) in the USA. The last couple of weeks we were very busy with all the paperwork, red-tape and packing. Not that much though. Many...
Posted: Sat, Jan 31 2009 15:49 by jubo | with no comments
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OneCare discontinued; new security solution at no costs June 2009
That’s some news from the Windows Live OneCare Team Blog , OneCare will be discontinued and a new security solution will be released at no costs in June 2009. Don’t know how the new product will look like, but OneCare has been running on all my PC’s and...
Windows Azure
Yesterday, at the Microsoft PDC 2008 , Ray Ozzie announced in his keynote a new operating environment: Windows Azure , Microsoft’s “Windows in the cloud”. A new service based operating environment. At the Windows Azure website it’s...
Posted: Tue, Oct 28 2008 3:05 by jubo | with no comments
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Introducing: Windows 7
The word is out. Mike Nash announced that the next version of Windows will be called: "Windows 7". The lucky ones who are attending the PDC will hear more details about this new version. See Mike Nash announcement at: Windows Vista Blog .
Posted: Tue, Oct 14 2008 20:57 by jubo | with no comments
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"Dear Boss"
If your boss is not convinced yet that you really need to attend the Microsoft PDC (Professional Developers Conference), then try to persuade your boss with this Letter To Your Boss and maybe he/she let you go... ;) Thanks to Steve Lamb's blog .....
Posted: Thu, Oct 9 2008 8:57 by jubo | with no comments
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October: National Cyber Security Awareness Month
Okay, I'm here in Holland. So, we don't really have a "national cyber security awareness month". But still... wherever you are, there should always be cyber security awareness and not only this month. There are always some basic steps...
Posted: Sat, Oct 4 2008 1:58 by jubo | with no comments
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"Scareware..."
We all know what software is, we have heard of " spyware ", we have heard of " malware ". But ever heard of "scareware"? Well, I didn't until I saw this article " Fighting the scourge of scareware " at the BBC...
Posted: Thu, Oct 2 2008 8:14 by jubo | with no comments
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Advanced notification August 2008
On August 12 Microsoft plans to release 12 security updates , which affect Microsoft Windows as well as Microsoft Office software. There will be 7 "critical" and 5 "important" updates. Related links; Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance...
Posted: Fri, Aug 8 2008 10:04 by jubo | with no comments
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Windows Search on Windows Update
Good news from the Windows Search team. In late July Windows Search 4.0 will be available on the Windows Update. For XP users available as "Optional" update and Windows Vista users will see it as a "Recommended" update. Me, myself...
Posted: Tue, Jul 22 2008 10:05 by jubo | with no comments
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Security update for Firefox 3.0
Sorry if it's a bit late but I was on a trip to Germany... and no Internet connection... But about a week ago Mozilla released a security update version for Firefox: 3.0.1. If the automated update has not installed it yet, then you can get it at:...
Posted: Tue, Jul 22 2008 8:04 by jubo | with no comments
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