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Microsoft's antivirus beta coming Tuesday, looks to be trim

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  1. Matthew TechSpot Editor, Community Manager

    Microsoft has announced that a beta version of their upcoming free antivirus software, Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE), will be released June 23. The application will provide real-time protection against viruses, spyware, trojans and rootkits. Up until Tuesday when the pre-beta version leaked, it had only been touched by the hands of Microsoft employees and select testers.

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    Matthew, Jun 19, 2009
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  2. raybay TechSpot Addict

    We hope it is a better tool than their Windows Defender has been.
    raybay, Jun 19, 2009
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  3. 9Nails TechSpot Paladin

    Should be called anti-BS since virus-like applications are on the downswing and spyware, trojan variants, adware, ransomware, malware and all this other bull-stuff. I've once read that anti-virus software will soon have more signatures for programs that shouldn't run on your computer than for programs that are legitimate. At some near point in our future a whitelist of applications will become easier on resources and to maintain than if we continue to use the current blacklist approach.
    9Nails, Jun 19, 2009
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