Prepare for the Microsoft Network Antivirus

Microsoft has come up the with a free antivirus application latest beta version of Security Essentials. Although still in beta, the application now that Microsoft provides a new protection network-based attacks.

Microsoft Security Essentials ( MSE ) is now integrated with the Internet Explorer in order to better protect users from web-based threats. This is believed to make the system capable of preventing malicious scripts that want to operate.

Actually, the version of the current MSE can also
detect malicious script when the script into the Internet Explorer cache. However, it was too late to protect users.

As quoted from Ars Technica, July 23, 2010, for users of Windows Vista and Windows 7, this new version of MSE may provide protection against exploits by examining network traffic and blocking suspicious connections.

Unfortunately, the beta version of new Microsoft Security Essentials is available a limited basis. According to Microsoft, users who can test these applications is only those living in the United States, Israel, Brazil and China, although the user from the UK also reported to successfully download and install it.

Users from other regions are likely to wait for the final version of the simple security applications.

In addition, it should be noted, network security facilities are not available for the users of Windows XP. Section, these features depend on the facilities the new Windows Filtering Platform are provided in Windows Vista and above.

source : vivanews.com