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August 2008 - Posts

Get Microsoft Equipt—Security, Microsoft Office, and more, in one easy installation
Microsoft Equipt is a new cross-category subscription service that helps you protect your home computer, get things done and stay in touch with friends and family. On one CD, you get the following software: · Windows Live One Care offers security features Read More...
It's great to share, but not your passwords
Criminals are sneaky. They'll take advantage of anything, especially our laziness. I mean, haven't we all wanted to just write our passwords on a sticky note and attach them to our computer monitors instead of memorizing them? But our passwords are protecting Read More...
Security updates for August 2008
Today Microsoft released 11 new security bulletins for Microsoft Windows, Windows Messenger, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Access, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft Excel. To get the updates, go to the Microsoft Update Web site . To get updates automatically Read More...
Microsoft Chief Security Officer chats about safety and the social Web
Bret Arsenault knows about security. Before he was Chief Security Officer at Microsoft, he worked extensively on the creation of the Microsoft Security Risk Assessment (MSRA) methodology, a standardized framework used to evaluate security issues and provide Read More...
Free Microsoft antispyware site helps you protect your computer
Microsoft just launched a new Windows Defender Web site dedicated to helping you fight spyware. The new Windows Defender site features: Links to download Windows Defender , the free antispyware program from Microsoft. A new video demo that explains how Read More...
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