Microsoft softened its hard-line stance on halting support for Windows XP after the April 2014 cutoff date, stating it will provide antimalware signature updates for XP users through July 14, 2015.

Microsoft today announced it will continue to provide updates to its security products (antimalware engine and signatures) for Windows XP users through July 14, 2015. Previously, the company said it ...

The storied Microsoft OS Windows XP stop receiving support and security updates on April 8. (Update: The company will continue to provide updates to its “antimalware signatures and engine for Windows ...

Computers on the Internet address each other with numbers. What appears as computerworld.com to a human being is 65.221.110.98 to a computer. The system that translates between names and the ...

The system tray icon for Microsoft Security Essentials allows easy access to the anti-virus application's user interface in Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP. If the icon doesn't appear in the ...

An anti-malware suite from Microsoft for Windows XP, Vista and 7. Introduced in September 2009, Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) replaced Microsoft's antivirus subscription service (see Windows ...

Microsoft today released a limited beta version of Microsoft Security Essentials, a free antivirus application for users of Windows XP, Vista, or 7. The new app ...

Microsoft Security Essentials, which until now was known by its code name Morro, is Microsoft's second stab at a comprehensive antivirus, antimalware product. The new free Microsoft Security ...

Microsoft today released the Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) beta on microsoft.com/security_essentials (redirects to Microsoft Connect which requires a Windows ...

If you are not running anti-malware software, you are likely running malware itself. Microsoft's Security Essentials and Defender products help stop various flavors of malware, and both have changed ...

Gregg Keizer has been chatting with Microsoft’s PR bunnies: Microsoft … confirmed that it will launch its free security software suite, which has been in development for almost a year. … “Microsoft ...

The beta version of Microsoft Security Essentials, a free program that fights viruses and spyware, is now available for download. The app, previously code-named Morro, replaces Windows Live OneCare ...