http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/182/all xx http://www.itworld.com/security/82422/choosing-anti-virus-program-windows-7 If you're moving from XP to Windows 7, you'll have to get and install a new one. In theory, you can move from Vista to Windows 7 without installing a new program. Don't! Anti-virus software tends to be cranky about change at the best of times so plan on installing a new anti-viral program right after you finish upgrading. http://www.itworld.com/security/82422/choosing-anti-virus-program-windows-7#comments Operating systems Security Software Windows Tip antivirus The Daily Tip Windows 7 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:08:16 -0400 ITworld tips 82422 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/software/82608/avg-delivers-small-business-security-offerings AVG Technologies has announced the general availability of its latest small business security products, AVG Internet Security Business Edition 9.0 and AVG Anti-Virus Business Edition 9.0. http://www.itworld.com/software/82608/avg-delivers-small-business-security-offerings#comments Channel Security Small business Software News antivirus AVG Technologies Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:34:17 -0400 ITworld staff 82608 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/79574/microsoft-defends-its-anti-malware-software-after-symantec-piles Microsoft is defending the merits of its free Security Essentials anti-malware software after a top Symantec engineer badmouthed the new release. http://www.itworld.com/security/79574/microsoft-defends-its-anti-malware-software-after-symantec-piles#comments Security News antivirus Microsoft Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:47:50 -0400 ITworld staff 79574 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/79456/independent-tester-security-essentials-very-good Microsoft's free Security Essentials antivirus software identified 98% of over half a million malware samples, an accuracy rating an independent testing company called "very good" today. http://www.itworld.com/security/79456/independent-tester-security-essentials-very-good#comments Security News antivirus Microsoft Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:48:19 -0400 ITworld staff 79456 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/79511/anti-malware-test-hand-symantec-swats-microsoft-security-essentials Armed with an anti-malware test report that pits Symantec's Norton AntiVirus 2009 against Microsoft's just-released Security Essentials software, a top Symantec engineer ripped into the new consumer anti-malware as an unimpressive re-cycling of Microsoft's discontinued Live OneCare technology. http://www.itworld.com/security/79511/anti-malware-test-hand-symantec-swats-microsoft-security-essentials#comments Security News antivirus Microsoft Symantec Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:17:08 -0400 ITworld staff 79511 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/79449/microsoft-covers-basics-security-essentials Microsoft has released its free antivirus software, Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE). As the name implies, Microsoft's new security software removes the bloated bells and whistles found in other products, like Microsoft's discontinued Windows Live OneCare, and provides only the essential protection. http://www.itworld.com/security/79449/microsoft-covers-basics-security-essentials#comments Security Opinion antivirus Microsoft Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:53:35 -0400 ITworld staff 79449 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/79406/microsoft-blackballs-pirates-security-essentials Microsoft will block users running counterfeit copies of Windows from installing the free Security Essentials antivirus software, the head of the company's anti-piracy group said Tuesday. http://www.itworld.com/security/79406/microsoft-blackballs-pirates-security-essentials#comments Operating systems Security Software Windows News antivirus Software Piracy Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:43:35 -0400 ITworld staff 79406 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/79366/microsoft-security-essentials-solid Microsoft's Security Essentials (MSE) is a stripped-down, easy to use, and effective Anti-Virus application written by the very people who know the most about how Windows works. http://www.itworld.com/security/79366/microsoft-security-essentials-solid#comments Security Opinion antivirus free software Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:55:42 -0400 ITworld staff 79366 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/79306/auto-detecting-malware-its-possible If antivirus protectors could collect data from machines and users, including geographic location, social networking information, type of operating system, installed programs and configurations, it would enable them to quickly identify new malware strains without even looking at the code. Here are a few examples of how this could work. http://www.itworld.com/security/79306/auto-detecting-malware-its-possible#comments Security Opinion antivirus PARC Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:50:18 -0400 ITworld staff 79306 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/79274/rivals-mock-microsofts-free-security-software Although one of the top consumer security vendors welcomed Microsoft's Security Essentials to the market, another dismissed the new free software as a "poor product" that will "never be up to snuff." http://www.itworld.com/security/79274/rivals-mock-microsofts-free-security-software#comments Security News antivirus free software Microsoft Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:43:24 -0400 ITworld staff 79274 at http://www.itworld.com