Those who use Microsoft's anti-malware solution, Windows Defender, will probably notice that during the next two weeks Microsoft will test its malware signature update pipeline by publishing updates daily instead of bi-weekly. The daily updates will begin August 1 and run through August 15, Monday through Friday. After the testing period the company will revert to bi-weekly updates.
Adam Overton, Group Program Manager at Microsoft, said that "[with the] new process [we] will be able to release updates on a more flexible schedule at any day including weekends and holidays for emergency situations. We want to understand how well the new process satisfies a daily release cycle, and receive customer feedback during this trial period." Overton asked that people post their related experiences to the company's Windows Defender newsgroups.
Windows Defender, currently in its second phase of beta testing, is available for Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 or later, Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or later, and Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 or later.
Reader Comments
Only Windows would need daily malware updates. Life is too short for that crap. Get a real system designed to be invulnerable from the start. Get a Mac.
bonch -August 01, 2006
Once again, bonch, is life too short to come on to a Windows site and drone endlessly about the Mac? Apparently not, which is why you are here. Why don't you start living the life and leave this place.
And notice your choice of words. You say "designed to be invulnerable." Well, technically, everything is designed to be invulnerable, just like every product is designed to work (you know, such as elevators at a particular companies flagship store). So just because it is designed that way, doesn't mean that is the reality. Since you like to spew about the increasing market share of Mac's, you will start to see more attacks levied at Mac users, since the attackers follow the money. So far, the Mac base just isn't worth it.
bmnbmn -August 02, 2006
"Well, technically, everything is designed to be invulnerable, just like every product is designed to work (you know, such as elevators at a particular companies flagship store). "
Heh. Good one.
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