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2. Microsoft Security Essentials - Wikipedia

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   Microsoft Security Essentials ( MSE) is a discontinued antivirus software (AV) product that provides protection against different types of malicious software, such as computer viruses, spyware, rootkits, and Trojan horses. Prior to version 4.5, MSE ran on Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7, but not on Windows 8 and later versions, which ...

3. Blaster (computer worm) - Wikipedia

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   Blaster (also known as Lovsan, Lovesan, or MSBlast) was a computer worm that spread on computers running operating systems Windows XP and Windows 2000 during August 2003. [1] The worm was first noticed and started spreading on August 11, 2003. The rate that it spread increased until the number of infections peaked on August 13, 2003.

4. Microsoft Defender Antivirus - Wikipedia

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   Proprietary. Microsoft Defender Antivirus (formerly Windows Defender) is an antivirus software component of Microsoft Windows. It was first released as a downloadable free anti-spyware program for Windows XP and was shipped with Windows Vista and Windows 7. It has evolved into a full antivirus program, replacing Microsoft Security Essentials in ...

5. Windows XP - Wikipedia

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   Windows Security Center window running Windows XP Service Pack 2, showing no virus protection installed. Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP Home edition and Professional edition was released on August 25, 2004. [73]

6. Criticism of Windows XP - Wikipedia

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   Security issues. [edit] Windows XPhas been criticized for its vulnerabilities due to buffer overflowsand its susceptibility to malwaresuch as viruses, trojan horses, and worms. Nicholas Petreley for The Registernotes that "Windows XP was the first version of Windows to reflect a serious effort to isolate users from the system, so that users ...

7. Timeline of computer viruses and worms - Wikipedia

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   This timeline of computer viruses and wormspresents a chronological timeline of noteworthy computer viruses, computer worms, Trojan horses, similar malware, related research and events. 1960s. [edit] John von Neumann's article on the "Theory of self-reproducing automata" is published in 1966.[1] The article is based on lectures given by von ...

8. WannaCry ransomware attack - Wikipedia

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   Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0. The WannaCry ransomware attack was a worldwide cyberattack in May 2017 by the WannaCry ransomware cryptoworm, which targeted computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system by encrypting data and demanding ransom payments in the Bitcoin cryptocurrency. [ 4 ] It was propagated by using EternalBlue, an exploit ...

9. Malicious Software Removal Tool - Wikipedia

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   Malicious Software Removal Tool. Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool ( MSRT) is a freeware second-opinion malware scanner that Microsoft 's Windows Update downloads and runs on Windows computers each month, independent of the install antivirus software. First released on January 13, 2005, [ 2] MSRT does not offer real-time protection.