Neowin News Feed for: Defender

Windows 8 defeated 85% of malware out of the box

Tim Schiesser — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 08:26:54 +0000

Despite BitDefender trying to put a bad spin on the improvements to Windows 8 security, it was found that out-of-the-box, Windows 8 blocked 85% of the top 100 malware families used this year Read more...

Leaked Media Defender e-mails reveal secrets

Tom Warren — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:11:59 +0100

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Peer-to-peer (P2P) poisoning company MediaDefender suffered an embarrassing leak this weekend, when almost 700MB of internal company e-mail was distributed on the Internet via BitTorrent. The e-mails reveal many aspects of MediaDefender's elaborate P2P disruption... Read more...

Windows Defender 7.0

Razvan Mihai Asmanow Serea — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:05:06 +0000

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Windows Defender is a free program that helps protect your computer against pop-ups, slow performance, and security threats caused by spyware and other unwanted software. It features Real-Time Protection, a monitoring system that recommends actions... Read more...

Windows Defender picked apart

Steven Parker — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:04:03 +0000

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Windows Defender, a security application built in to windows Vista, has again come in for criticism from security experts. Researchers from Enex TestLab, an independent testing facility, tested Windows Defender and found that it only... Read more...

Webroot: Vista's Defender stops 16% of 25 Spyware Samples

Slimy — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 20:53:36 +0000

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According to the results of a two-week study of Windows Defender by Webroot, a leading antispyware vendor and Microsoft competitor, the product missed 84% of a sample set of 25 spyware, Trojan horse programs and... Read more...

Windows Defender Final Available

Steven Parker — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 12:01:46 +0100

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Cheers Bink for the heads up on this update, as title suggests Microsoft have pushed Windows Defender final out and it's available for download now. You must be running either Windows XP SP2 or Windows... Read more...

Windows Defender Beta 2 Update

Steven Parker — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 11:03:57 +0100

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Microsoft has released an updated version of its free Windows Defender Anti Spyware software, dated 4/12/06 the installer comes in just under 6 MB -a little smaller than the earlier version. Users will need to... Read more...

Microsoft Releases Windows Defender Beta 2

Tom Warren — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 10:06:11 +0000

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The long awaited beta 2 of Windows Defender, formerly Windows AntiSpyware has now been released. The new versions sports a new user interface similar to what is found in... Read more...

Microsoft AntiSpyware becomes Windows Defender

Howard Thomson — Sat, 05 Nov 2005 15:53:20 +0000

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Thanks to BigBoy for the heads up in Back Page News. Yesterday it was announced on the Microsoft TechNet AntiMalware blog that Microsoft AntiSpyware (currently in beta) will be renamed to Windows Defender.... Read more...

Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown updated demo

Marcel Klum — Fri, 10 Oct 2003 16:55:48 +0100

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An updated playable demo for Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown has been released, bringing this sample of the 3D action strategy hybrid by Cinemeware from v4 to v5. There are no details on the... Read more...

Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown screens

Marcel Klum — Mon, 21 Jul 2003 19:35:41 +0100

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Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown is based on Cinemaware's hit game Defender of the Crown, first released in 1986 on the Commodore Amiga and subsequently to a variety of platforms where sold over 1,000,000... Read more...

Defender Ships for Xbox

Marcel Klum — Mon, 04 Nov 2002 19:21:38 +0000

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Midway Games Inc., a leading software industry publisher and developer, announced today that Defender®, an all-new 3-D version of the popular 1980s arcade classic, has shipped for the XboxTM video game system from Microsoft and... Read more...

Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown testers wanted

Marcel Klum — Mon, 30 Sep 2002 14:26:54 +0100

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Cinemaware's epic game production, Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown is currently in development at the company's headquarters in Burlingame, California. The product is based on Cinemaware's hit game Defender of the Crown, first released... Read more...

Defender Announcement & Screens

Marcel Klum — Mon, 10 Jun 2002 14:04:17 +0100

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Midway Games have just announced their latest title for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube - Defender. The game is due to be released in Autumn 2002. Defender® brings an all-new 3-D remake... Read more...