• Internet Explorer 8 tops NSS Labs’ Socially Engineered Malware test

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    In its first comprehensive test of web browser protection against socially engineered malware, NSS Labs found that Internet Explorer 8 (RC1) was best among the six browsers tested. More than 154,000 individual tests were run during 12 days of 24x7 testing against Apple Safari v3, Google Chrome 1.0.154, Microsoft Internet Explorer v8 (RC1), Microsoft Internet Explorer v7, Mozilla Firefox v3.07 and Opera 9.64. IE8’s catch rate was 69%, well ahead of the nearest browser in the test, which scored a 30% catch rate.

     

    See the Microsoft security bulletin summary for March 2009.

     

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  • Enterprise coolness: DirectAccess and other Windows 7 benefits

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    With so many talked about new features in Windows 7, I have to point out a feature for enterprises that is near and dear to my heart: Direct Access. Anyone who has spent much time accessing their corporate network via a VPN will appreciate this. Direct Access maintains constant direct access between a Windows 7 client and the Internet by using IPv6-over-IPsec to encrypt communications. The new IP-HTTPS protocol for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 allows hosts behind a proxy server or firewall to establish connectivity by tunneling IPv6 packets inside an IPv4-based HTTPS session.

     

    For more on DirectAccess and many of the other benefits for enterprises, check out the new “Learning Snack” video Introducing Windows 7.

     

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  • Getting in touch with Windows 7: a Windows Touch deep dive

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    By now, you’re probably aware of key improvements to the user interface in Windows 7 which optimize for touch. And you realize that it will be an ongoing effort among hardware suppliers and application developers to build touch support into their technologies. But how much do you know about the Windows team’s approach with Windows Touch and what was done with Windows to make the interaction truly remarkable? The team has just added on its Engineering Windows 7 blog a very in-depth piece on what went into making Windows touchable. Read the Touching Windows 7 entry.

     

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  • Guidance: Help Protect Windows from Conficker

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    This page was recently updated with more guidance about Conficker that you can use to protect your systems and with which to recover systems that have been infected. The Microsoft Malware Protection Center (MMPC) is continually monitoring Conficker and its variants. For the most up-to-date information on new Conficker variants, please visit the MMPC weblog.

     

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  • Get the Virtualization Self-Assessment Kit

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    Want to understand Virtualization’s Impact on Your Business? Download the Virtualization Self-Assessment Kit. It brings together some of our best resources to help you understand the specific impact virtualization will have on your business. You will be able to clearly see the cost savings you’ll be able to achieve, as well as the impact virtualization will have on your infrastructure.

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