Tag: security essentials

  • AV-Test.org unveils latest results

    Trend Micro achieves pass; Microsoft and McAfee fail to reach certification standards. Independent testing body AV-Test.org has released its latest set of quarterly test results, reporting on the performance of 19 products in its multi-layer certification scheme. The reports show some major players not reaching the required grade, with McAfee ‘s Internet Security solution missing…

  • Microsoft steps into free AV market

    Security Essentials release creates expected storm of words. Microsoft ‘s release of its free Security Essentials product this week sparked the expected barrage of views and opinions from all angles, from those hailing the release as the end of the AV industry to those slating the free product as inadequate and pointless. The new release…