Microsoft is stopping its Live OneCare solution and replacing it with Microsoft Security Essential. The anti-virus is still under Beta version and was publicly available for download last month. Microsoft has stopped distributing the program for the moment but it is still available at Softpedia. It will be available for free when the final version arrives. Read on for our views about the software.
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Find it a hassle to redownload all the latest Windows security patches each and every time you format your hard drives? AutoPatcher is a portable solution - it allows you to download monthly downloads from Microsoft website using their program and hence have it in an installable fashion (download first, install anytime)
We would like to announced that Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) is now finally available on the Windows Update site and Microsoft Download Center site after a terrible recalled last month which contains a couple of bugs. However before you head over to Microsoft to get a copy of SP3, there’s a few things to note which were clearly notified in the SP3 Release Notes.
Microsoft has issued an advanced notification for 5 critical updates and 3 important updates which will be available on April 8, 2008. Affected software are Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, and Internet Explorer. The updates fixes several security issues - remote code execution, spoofing, and elevation of privilege. View this month’s Security Bulletin.
Words has it that Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) Final will be release on March 24, 2008. The previous Service Pack 2 was released on August 2004 - that’s 3 years plus ago.
We think that we can bet on the release date because on March 21, 2008, Microsoft uploaded a document describing little bits of information on this XP Service Pack 3 at their download section. Take note that the full XP Service Pack 3 is around 580mb which you can deploy onto systems having the SP1 or SP2. SP3 will cover all the updates since then.
A small word of caution though, Service Pack 3 will probably have the Microsoft WGA deployed on your system.
