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[TheAPGuy]

I tip my hat to you good sir. My last job had a few xp machines they used as printer hubs for a set of different sized label makers. It could not stay on for 5 days without freezing up. It had some kind of memory glitch that caused it to eat up a a GB of ram a day. So it would eventually need a restart. It wasn't the printing software because we removed it and let it sit there over the weekend and it still took up 2gb. pfft so glad the HD crashed and they said F it and got a new computer.

[Whatacrock]

I urge all of you that use Microsoft Security Essentials on Windows XP, make sure you have keep the installer for 4.4.304.0 in a very safe place, if you don't have the installer then you can download it from here

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/ ... ials.shtml -- click download and select "External Mirror 1"

By chance that you use Windows Update, hide the update KB2949787, DO NOT DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL IT

[FukkenSaved]

Frankly, I haven't used a resident antivirus for like 8 years...the only reason you'd want to keep any versions of MSE on hand is for evidence that Microsoft is pulling sore-loser tactics on XP

[Whatacrock]

That maybe the case, however there are users that install Microsoft Security Essentials, I for one utilize it in 2 of my VM's so as to update the release when necessary. Doesn't mean I like it !!!

Nothing beats a good third party dedicated antivirus program !!!!

[Whatacrock]

What is Windows Defender Offline?

Sometimes, malicious and other potentially unwanted software, including rootkits, try to install themselves on your PC. This can happen when you connect to the Internet or install some programs from a CD, DVD, or other media. Once on your PC, this software might run immediately, or it might run at unexpected times. Windows Defender Offline can help remove such hard to find malicious and potentially unwanted programs using definitions that recognize threats. Definitions are files that provide an encyclopedia of potential software threats. Because new threats appear daily, it's important to always have the most up-to-date definitions installed in Windows Defender Offline. Armed with definition files, Windows Defender Offline can detect malicious and potentially unwanted software, and then notify you of the risks.

To use Windows Defender Offline, you need to follow four basic steps:

1. Download Windows Defender Offline and create a CD, DVD, or USB flash drive.

2. Restart your PC using the Windows Defender Offline media.

3. Scan your PC for malicious and other potentially unwanted software.

4. Remove any malware that is found from your PC.

Windows Defender Offline will walk you through the details of these four steps when you're using the tool. If you've been prompted in Microsoft Security Essentials or Windows Defender to download and run Windows Defender Offline, it's important that you do so, to make sure that your data and your PC isn't compromised.

To get started, find a blank CD, DVD, or USB flash drive with at least 250 MB of free space and then download and run the tool—the tool will help you create the removable media.

Note

We recommend that you download Windows Defender Offline and create the CD, DVD, or USB flash drive on a PC that isn't infected with malware—the malware can interfere with the media creation.

32 Bit link http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=234123
64 Bit link http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=234124

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-AU/wind ... er-offline

[Whatacrock]

Just 5 Days remain !!!

[TheAPGuy]

They should have done an April Fools Day joke by saying they decided to cut support that day.

[parkd1]

When people surf the Internet on their web browsers, it's just a matter of time when they hit a page that has an online ad which then tries to install something on their computer. This week, the Microsoft Malware Protection Center team announced it will have some new criteria to define when such activity crosses over into the annoying. and sometimes malicious, adware side.

Pop-up online ads have to have a working close window, according to Microsoft's new adware policies.

In a blog post, Microsoft stated that online ads start to cross over into adware territory if they run programs on a user's PC and create "notifications promoting goods or services in programs other than itself." If that occurs, Microsoft states there must be a clear way to close such an ad, like a prominent "X" or a close button in, for example, pop-up ads.

Ads that show messages such as "Your PC performance is poor" must also clearly mention they are ads and not suggest they are in fact warnings generated by a PC, under the new rules. Finally, if a program is installed via an online ad on a computer, there must be a clear way to uninstall it. Also, the name of the program in the uninstall listing must exactly match the name that's shown in the ad.

The new adware policies will go into effect on July 1, in order to give online ad companies time to change their programs. After July 1, if an ad is detected by Microsoft's online security programs that is considered adware, it "will immediately stop the program and the user will be notified. The user then has the ability to restore the program if they wish."

Source: Microsoft | Image via Microsoft

http://www.neowin.net/news/microsofts-a ... les-july-1

[TheAPGuy]

Watch out WAC, parkd1 is out to replace you!

[Whatacrock]

That's fine by me ...