Leaked: Microsoft Security Essentials (codename Morro)

(Btw, I just find it funny and ironic and yes I know it does not ACTUALLY reflect upon morro.)

But how good can their security program really be if the program was leaked early? amirite?

Static said:

(Btw, I just find it funny and ironic and yes I know it does not ACTUALLY reflect upon morro.)

But how good can their security program really be if the program was leaked early? amirite?

Very good depending if it was built/coded correctly. =P Just because its leaked doesn't mean a thing.

Also, I'd imagine there'd be a decent amount of updates daily, they are trying to catch up in the definitions. Right?

Static said:

(Btw, I just find it funny and ironic and yes I know it does not ACTUALLY reflect upon morro.)

But how good can their security program really be if the program was leaked early? amirite?

Seven builds that were leaked were just fine.............

~Lordbob

antt said:

Ed Bott did a story of it on zdnet.
How good is Microsoft's free antivirus software? | Ed Bott’s Microsoft Report | ZDNet.com
apparently its pretty good.
Updates every day, with new definitions on the server 3 times a day.
Based on Forefront, but without the level of management that Forefront gives.
AV-Comparatives scores an Advanced+ (also lowest false positive rate), passed ICSA Labs test, immediately recognises EICAR test virus.
Pretty good record when looking at the competition (beats AVG, Symantec, and McAfee).

Where did you see an AV-COMPARATIVES Morro's test? The last was in May and morro wasn't there.

John Henry said:

Where did you see an AV-COMPARATIVES Morro's test? The last was in May and morro wasn't there.

That was about Morro. Did you read the article at all?

~Lordbob

News:

Microsoft's free anti-malware beta to arrive next week

Microsoft's free anti-malware beta to arrive next week | Security - CNET News

the public beta will be limited... and will be disponible here:
http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials