Anti-Malware Engineering Team

This blog provides information about what's happening in the anti-malware technology team at Microsoft. We're the team that builds the core antivirus, antispyware, anti-rootkit, and related technology, which is then used across a number of Microsof

We have moved!

To ease navigation and be more in synch with our security colleagues within Microsoft, we have moved...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 06/19/2008

When SQL Injections Go Awry, Incident Case Study

It seems to be the "in-thing" these days - using an automated tool to perform SQL...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 05/30/2008

Oderoor - all it's Kraked up to be?

Greetings from (sorta) sunny Melbourne, Australia! We’re the newest addition to...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 05/21/2008

Microsoft acquires Komoku

Today, Microsoft announced the acquisition of Komoku to add to Forefront and Windows Live OneCare's...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 03/20/2008

MBR rootkit: VirTool:WinNT/Sinowal.A report

This week you may have heard or read about a new rootkit that has been reported in the wild that...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 01/10/2008

Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (January – June 2007) is Now Available

One of the Microsoft Malware Protection Center’s (MMPC) goals is to share the valuable data,...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 10/24/2007

Back from Vienna/VB2007

Hi again, WOW so a month now since the VB2007 Conference in Vienna, Austria. Vienna was beautiful!...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 10/20/2007

Storm Drain

Over the past few months, there has been talk about a wave of malware known commonly as “Storm”....

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 09/20/2007

Malware Protection Center Portal v1 Live!

Hey all, if you recall, back in April we released the PREVIEW version of our new portal...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 07/10/2007

My TechEd Summer Vacation

Hi again, just recently returned from MS TechEd in Orlando, oh it was HOT! It was great to get a...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 06/29/2007

VB 100 Test Results Are In...

As I mentioned in my last blog post, our researchers and engineers in the Microsoft Malware...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 06/04/2007

Continuing to move forward – the Microsoft Malware Protection Center

Fresh off our visit to Japan, where we discussed issues important to the Microsoft Malware...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 05/15/2007

Hello world

printf(“hello world\n”); This is Jimmy Kuo of the Microsoft Security Research & Response team...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 03/15/2007

Virus Bulletin 2006

A contingent from our antimalware team attended the Virus Bulletin conference in Montreal, Canada...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 10/30/2006

Security Intelligence Report

This week at RSA Europe in Nice, France we released a report detailing the security landscape for...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 10/26/2006

Final release of Windows Defender (Build 1592)

It brings me great pleasure to announce the final availability of Windows Defender in English. The...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 10/24/2006

Testing A New Definition Update Publishing Process for Windows Defender

Hi Folks, Adam here from the antimalware team. I wanted to give you a heads-up that we will be...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 08/01/2006

Antimalware Team Releases MSRT White Paper

Hello there. I'm writing to you from the Microsoft TechEd conference in Boston. This event attracts...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 06/13/2006

Attending AusCERT

Hi, Ziv Mador here from the antimalware team at Microsoft. Last week I attended the AusCERT...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 06/05/2006

Windows Defender for German Speaking Markets is Available !

Adam Overton here – Group Program Manager for the Antimalware team. Today, we shipped Windows...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 05/26/2006

Windows Live OneCare is Certified !

We're certified ! This morning, Microsoft issued a press release describing how Windows Live OneCare...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 05/25/2006

Antispyware Coalition Meeting in Ottawa

Eric and I attended the Antispyware Coalition Meeting and Workshop last week. It was a good...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 05/24/2006

A Closer Look at Behavioral Classification

Hi, my name is Tony Lee. I am a virus researcher on the Microsoft Antimalware team. One of our top...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 05/16/2006

Computers, Freedom & Privacy Conference

On my way back from EICAR I had the opportunity to stop in to the Computers Freedom & Privacy...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 05/11/2006

Notes from EICAR

Hello folks. Jeff Williams, Tony Lee, Jigar Mody, and I have returned from the EICAR conference in...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 05/09/2006

VirusTotal Participation

Hi, this is Ziv Mador again from the Microsoft Anti-Malware team. This week, the folks over at...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 04/28/2006

On the Road at Infosecurity Europe and EICAR

Eric Allred and I are in London for the Infosecurity Europe conference. We spent the last two days...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 04/26/2006

Windows Defender Beta 2 Refresh

Today, we released a refresh of Windows Defender (Beta 2) which includes updates based on the...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 04/13/2006

News on Alcan, Mywife.E

In Bill Gates' keynote at RSA in February, one of the subjects he spoke on was the ability for...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 04/03/2006

Windows Defender Beta 2: Updated Version Available

An updated version of Windows Defender Beta 2 is now available from the Microsoft Download Center....

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 02/21/2006

Windows Defender Beta 2: Update

Hi all, We’ve gotten some great feedback from places like this blog and our support newsgroups about...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 02/16/2006

Announcing Windows Defender Beta 2

Hi, I'm Adam Overton, the group program manager for the anti-malware technology team. I'm very...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 02/14/2006

Notes from the Anti-Spyware Coalition (ASC) Public Workshop, etc.

Hello, my name is Jeff Williams. While I'm new to the team, I'm not new to our efforts in this space...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 02/13/2006

The Mywife.E Worm: Update # 2

As we pass noon on Monday, here in Redmond, we are happy to see that the Mywife.E worm (aka CME 24)...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 02/06/2006

The Mywife.E Worm: Update

Microsoft has posted an advisory for the Mywife.E worm that provides information on the threat and...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 01/30/2006

The Mywife.E Worm

Here is an update from the Microsoft anti-malware team regarding the recent variant of the Mywife...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 01/26/2006

December Update for Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool Released

Yesterday we released this month's update of the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool. This...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 12/14/2005

Windows OneCare Live Beta Available!

On Tuesday, the Windows OneCare team announced the availability of the beta of Windows OneCare Live...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 12/01/2005

Anti-Malware White Papers Posted

Hi, Matthew Braverman here again. In early October, members of Microsoft's anti-malware team...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 12/01/2005

Extending the expiration date for Windows AntiSpyware Beta 1

Hi, I'm Sterling Reasor, a program manager for the current Windows AntiSpyware beta and forth-coming...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 11/30/2005

Sony rootkit signatures now available

Hi, we are Eric Allred and Ziv Mador, response coordinators for the anti-malware technology team. We...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 11/17/2005

Sony DRM Rootkit

I've been getting a lot of questions in the last week about Microsoft's position on the Sony DRM and...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 11/12/2005

What's in a name?? A lot!! Announcing Windows Defender!

Every week seems like a big week for us in the engineering team working on our anti-malware...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 11/04/2005

Introducing the Windows Live Safety Center (Beta)

Hi all, my name is Matthew Braverman and I'm a program manager on the anti-malware technology team...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 11/03/2005

Welcome to the Anti-Malware Engineering Team's Blog!

Welcome! This is the team blog for the Anti-Malware product team. We're the team responsible for...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 11/01/2005