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Microsoft's OneCare replacement to roll out next week
Sporting new name…
By Elinor Mills
Published: 19 June 2009 09:05 BST
Microsoft will launch a public beta of its anti-malware service, Microsoft Security Essentials, on Tuesday as it phases out its Live OneCare suite in favour of a simpler free consumer security offering.
Microsoft Security Essentials, which will run on Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7, will be available in the US, Brazil and Israel in English and Brazilian Portuguese. A public beta version for Simplified Chinese will be available later in the year.
The service works like traditional antivirus products in which client software monitors programs on a PC. When something changes on the computer, such as files being downloaded or copied or software trying to modify files, the system checks against a set of malware signatures in the client program to see if the code matches the signature for known malware. If so, it blocks it from getting downloaded.
More: http://software.silicon.com/security/0,390...39443975,00.htm
Sporting new name…
By Elinor Mills
Published: 19 June 2009 09:05 BST
Microsoft will launch a public beta of its anti-malware service, Microsoft Security Essentials, on Tuesday as it phases out its Live OneCare suite in favour of a simpler free consumer security offering.
Microsoft Security Essentials, which will run on Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7, will be available in the US, Brazil and Israel in English and Brazilian Portuguese. A public beta version for Simplified Chinese will be available later in the year.
The service works like traditional antivirus products in which client software monitors programs on a PC. When something changes on the computer, such as files being downloaded or copied or software trying to modify files, the system checks against a set of malware signatures in the client program to see if the code matches the signature for known malware. If so, it blocks it from getting downloaded.
More: http://software.silicon.com/security/0,390...39443975,00.htm