As Microsoft and everyone else running a Windows shop scrambles to thwart a “highly dangerous zero-day vulnerability,” the software giant stays on schedule, today releasing a beta version of the next ...

I’ve put the final version of Microsoft Security Essentials through its paces, and have found it a solid, simple-to-use anti-malware tool that takes up little RAM and system resources. Less clear, ...

The company wants testers to bang on the new beta of its security product, which may reach the public by the end of the year. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former IT ...

Microsoft registered more than 1.5 million downloads of its free antivirus software in the week after it shipped. Microsoft registered more than 1.5 million downloads of its free antivirus software in ...