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Security Updates As Of November 8, 2009

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AVG anti-virus: 11/08/09
Avast: 11/07/09
Norton anti-virus: 11/04/09
McAfee anti-virus: 11/04/09
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 11/06/09
Spybot Search and Destroy: 11/04/09
Microsoft Security Essentials: 11/04/09*
Nod32: 11/06/09

Updates as of November 8, 2009 6:00am CDT.
*last update - the system would not update today.

Security Updates As Of October 25, 2009

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AVG anti-virus: 10/25/09
Avast: 10/23/09
Norton anti-virus: 10/21/09
McAfee anti-virus: 10/21/09
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 10/23/09
Spybot Search and Destroy: 10/21/09
Microsoft Security Essentials: 10/22/09
Nod32: 10/23/09

Updates as of October 25, 2009 6:00am CDT.

Security Updates As Of October 18, 2009

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AVG anti-virus: 10/18/09
Avast: 10/17/09
Norton anti-virus: 10/14/09
McAfee anti-virus: 10/14/09
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 10/16/09
Spybot Search and Destroy: 10/14/09
Microsoft Security Essentials: 10/17/09
Nod32: 10/16/09

Updates as of October 18, 2009 6:00am CDT.

Security Updates As Of October 4, 2009

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AVG anti-virus: 10/04/09
Avast: 10/03/09
Norton anti-virus: 09/30/09
McAfee anti-virus: 09/30/09
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 10/02/09
Spybot Search and Destroy: 09/30/09
Microsoft Security Essentials: 09/30/09
Nod32: 10/01/09

Updates as of October 4, 2009 6:00am CDT.

Security Updates As Of September 27, 2009

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AVG anti-virus: 09/27/09
Avast: 09/26/09
Norton anti-virus: 09/23/09
McAfee anti-virus: 09/23/09
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 09/25/09
Spybot Search and Destroy: 09/23/09
Microsoft Windows Defender: 09/23/09
Nod32: 09/25/09

Updates as of September 27, 2009 6:00am CDT.

Security Updates As Of September 20, 2009

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AVG anti-virus: 09/20/09
Avast: 09/17/09
Norton anti-virus: 09/16/09
McAfee anti-virus: 09/16/09
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 09/18/09
Spybot Search and Destroy: 09/16/09
Microsoft Windows Defender: 09/16/09
Nod32: 09/17/09

Updates as of September 20, 2009 6:00am CDT.

Security Updates As Of September 06, 2009

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AVG anti-virus: 09/06/09
Avast: 09/05/09
Norton anti-virus: 09/02/09
McAfee anti-virus: 09/02/09
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 09/04/09
Spybot Search and Destroy: 09/02/09
Microsoft Windows Defender: 09/02/09
Nod32: 09/04/09

Updates as of September 06, 2009 6:00am CDT.

What Is The Best Free Anti Virus Program? You Decide

On August 21, 2009 I wrote a piece about what was going on with Free AVG, citing another article in which the writer had stopped recommending Free AVG to his family and friends. [AVG article on August 21, 2009]
So this morning when I read an opinion article over at PC World, which rated 9 Free [...]

Security Updates As Of August 30, 2009

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AVG anti-virus: 08/30/09
Avast: 08/29/09
Norton anti-virus: 08/26/09
McAfee anti-virus: 08/26/09
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 08/28/09
Spybot Search and Destroy: 08/26/09
Microsoft Windows Defender: 08/26/09
Nod32: 08/28/09

Updates as of August 30, 2009 6:00am CDT.

Security Updates As Of August 23, 2009

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AVG anti-virus: 08/23/09
Avast: 08/22/09
Norton anti-virus: 08/19/09
McAfee anti-virus: 08/19/09
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 08/21/09
Spybot Search and Destroy: 08/17/09
Microsoft Windows Defender: 08/19/09
Nod32: 08/20/09

Updates as of August 23, 2009 6:00am CDT.

Security Updates As Of August 16, 2009

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AVG anti-virus: 08/16/09
Avast: 08/13/09
Norton anti-virus: 08/12/09
McAfee anti-virus: 08/12/09
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 08/14/09
Spybot Search and Destroy: 08/12/09
Microsoft Windows Defender: 08/12/09
Nod32: 08/14/09

Updates as of August 16, 2009 6:00am CDT.

Security Updates As Of August 09, 2009

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AVG anti-virus: 08/09/09
Avast: 08/07/09
Norton anti-virus: 08/05/09
McAfee anti-virus: 08/05/09
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 08/07/09
Spybot Search and Destroy: 08/05/09
Microsoft Windows Defender: 08/05/09
Nod32: 08/07/09

Updates as of August 09, 2009 6:00am CDT.

Security Updates As Of August 02, 2009

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AVG anti-virus: 08/02/09
Avast: 08/01/09
Norton anti-virus: 07/29/09
McAfee anti-virus: 07/29/09
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 07/31/09
Spybot Search and Destroy: 07/29/09
Microsoft Windows Defender: 07/29/09
Nod32: 07/31/09

Updates as of August 02, 2009 6:00am CDT.

Security Updates As Of July 26, 2009

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AVG anti-virus: 07/26/09
Avast: 07/25/09
Norton anti-virus: 07/22/09
McAfee anti-virus: 07/22/09
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 07/24/09
Spybot Search and Destroy: 07/22/09
Microsoft Windows Defender: 07/22/09
Nod32: 07/24/09

Updates as of July 26, 2009 6:00am CDT.

Security Updates As Of July 18, 2009

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AVG anti-virus: 07/18/09
Avast: 07/18/09
Norton anti-virus: 07/15/09
McAfee anti-virus: 07/15/09
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 07/18/09
Spybot Search and Destroy: 07/15/09
Microsoft Windows Defender: 07/15/09
Nod32: 07/17/09

Updates as of July 18, 2009 6:00am CDT.

Security Updates As Of July 12, 2009

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AVG anti-virus: 07/12/09
Avast: 07/10/09
Norton anti-virus: 07/08/09
McAfee anti-virus: 07/08/09
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 07/10/09
Spybot Search and Destroy: 07/08/09
Microsoft Windows Defender: 07/08/09
Nod32: 07/10/09

Updates as of July 12, 2009 6:00am CDT.

Security Updates As Of July 05, 2009

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AVG anti-virus: 07/05/09
Avast: 07/04/09
Norton anti-virus: 07/01/09
McAfee anti-virus: 07/01/09
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 07/02/09
Spybot Search and Destroy: 07/01/09
Microsoft Windows Defender: 07/01/09
Nod32: 07/02/09

Updates as of July 05, 2009 6:00am CDT.

Security Updates As Of June 28, 2009

Make sure your system is up to date and has the latest protections in place.

AVG anti-virus: 06/28/09
Avast: 06/26/09
Norton anti-virus: 06/24/09
McAfee anti-virus: 06/24/09
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 06/26/09
Spybot Search and Destroy: 06/24/09
Microsoft Windows Defender: 06/24/09
Nod32: 06/25/09

Updates as of June 28, 2009 6:00am CDT.

Symantec & AVG - Microsoft Security Essentials Is Not Enough

Symantec is saying that Microsoft Security Essentials is not enough to protect users from the threats posed by the Internet. According to the folks at Symantec and AVG, we users need a whole lot more in order to be protected. They have stated the following:
“Early reviews of the beta are showing that it under-performs when [...]

Microsoft Security Essentials aka Morro - First Look

My MVP lead sent me an email this morning saying that MSE was available for download. Since I am running the 64 bit Windows 7 RC on my test system, I downloaded MSE to try it. MSE comes in both 32 bit and 64 bit for Vista and Windows 7, plus there was a version [...]

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