Have you had problems saving Office 2007 documents – particularly Excel 2007? I’ve seen this problem, and I incorrectly blamed it on my Trend Micro WFBS antivirus software, however Trend have investigated the issue and found it’s related to a bug in Microsoft Office. The issue will present itself like the screen below. You can get the fix directly from … [Read more...]
Microsoft Security Essentials
The news is all abuzz about Microsoft releasing free Antivirus software recently. Indeed they have – Microsoft Security Essentials is available free of charge. So like any good techo, I need to take a look at this. I’m evaluating this from the perspective of finding out if it could replace Trend Micro WFBS on our client sites. I uninstalled Trend Micro WFBS 6.0 from my … [Read more...]
Trend WFBS 6.0 Service Pack 1 released
For those running Trends Worry-Free Business Security product, they have today released Service Pack 1 for it. This service pack resolves all outstanding security bugs and fixes for performance issues that some have seen in various scenarios. I’ve beta tested this and it certainly made a positive difference to my systems. I’m downloading the final release version as … [Read more...]
Detection vs Protection in Antivirus
There’s a big difference between detection and protection in the Antivirus game. There are a number of AV sites out there that measure the detection rates of the various AV packages from each vendor. Detection of a static number of virus at a given point in time is a little dangerous if you take it as your only guide to an AV products worth. The rating given to a product based … [Read more...]
Does anyone like Norton Antivirus?
Yes – that’s the headline of an article I read today on Secure Computing Magazine. Like any product, they all go through their highs and lows, but I think it’s an interesting question to ask in such an open forum about ANY Antivirus product. Typical responses from people will range from the “!#$% no – it’s a piece of %^&*” though to “I love it, it’s saved my … [Read more...]