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I think it is stated best in Technet, User Account Control Overview , particularly the text that I placed in bold/italics: User Account Control: Delivering a More Secure Desktop The main goal of User Account Control is to reduce the exposure and attack surface of the operating system by requiring that...
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Wooing Vincent Gullotto away from McAfee's AVERT team has begun showing positive results. As reported at Computerworld , Mr. Gulloto discussed Microsoft plans to open new security research centres in Europe and Asia at RSA last week. The plan is to use the centres to provide 24-hour monitoring of emerging...
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Corrine: Looks like OneCare is getting some attention with the February updates: • One Microsoft Security Bulletin affecting Windows Live OneCare, Microsoft Antigen, Microsoft Windows Defender, and Microsoft ForeFront. The highest Maximum Severity rating for these is Critical. These products provide...
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David A. George - Director, Family Safe Computing - Microsoft had a great writeup in Family Safe Computing and Microsoft on the parental controls in Vista. There used to be an Art Linkletter show, "Kids Say the Darnest Things". Today's generation of kids are way beyond talking. Read Michael Howard's...
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Looks like OneCare is getting some attention with the February updates: • One Microsoft Security Bulletin affecting Windows Live OneCare, Microsoft Antigen, Microsoft Windows Defender, and Microsoft ForeFront. The highest Maximum Severity rating for these is Critical. These products provide built-in...
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In a report by BetaNews , it was indicated that a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed that Windows Live OneCare antivirus failed a test conducted by Virus Bulletin . Windows Vista Business Edition was the operating system used in the test. The BetaNews report confirms the report I read by F-Secure a couple...