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Windows Has Another Hidden Malware Scanner Tool – How and When to Use It

Tucked inside Windows is a handy malware-removal tool that keeps working in the background and proves surprisingly useful ...
PC World

The Malicious Safety OneCare Essential Defender: Straightening out Microsoft’s confusing security tools

Microsoft has released a confusing selection of security programs over the years. Deborah Armstrong asked me to make sense of them. [Email your tech questions to [email protected] or post them on the ...
Computerworld

MSRT vs. MSERT: Using Microsoft native malware handlers

The Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) and the Microsoft Safety Scanner (MSERT.exe) both scan for and remove Windows malware. We explain the differences and when it makes sense to use each ...
CNET

Microsoft preps Windows security scanner

SAN JOSE, Calif.--As part of a push to regain the public trust, Microsoft plans to release a wizard-like program to help home software users and network administrators protect their computer systems ...
ZDNet

Exchange Server attacks: Run this Microsoft malware scanner now, CISA tells government agencies

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has instructed US government agencies with on-premise Exchange systems to run Microsoft malware scanners and report results by April 5. CISA ...
MCPmag

Microsoft Launches Compliance Manager, Azure Information Protection Scanner

Microsoft recently rolled out its Compliance Manager dashboard and the Azure Information Protection Scanner tool for Microsoft 365 product licensees. Both products are now in the general availability ...
Redmond Magazine

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management Adds 'Authenticated Scan for Windows' Capability

Microsoft this week announced that its Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management solution can now scan Windows devices that are lacking certain agent support. This capability, called "authenticated ...
VentureBeat

Microsoft investigating Defender issue with Log4j scanner

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Microsoft is investigating reports that the Apache Log4j vulnerability ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft Office 365 Customers Get Protection Against Malicious Macros

Microsoft extends support for its Antimalware Scan Interface (AMSI) to Office 365 client applications, offering its customers protection against script-based threats at runtime. AMSI has been around ...
ZDNet

Microsoft Defender ATP now scans Windows 10 PC firmware for hardware rootkit attacks

Microsoft has been building firmware-level defenses into Windows 10 Secured-Core PCs for the enterprise, and now it's bringing similar capabilities to its enterprise antivirus software, Microsoft ...
Computer Weekly

Microsoft releases one-click ProxyLogon mitigation tool

Microsoft has released a one-click mitigation tool to enable customers who may not have dedicated security or IT teams to apply emergency patches to their on-premise Exchange servers against the ...