The one minute guide to Microsoft anti-malware
One of the best sessions I went to at Tech-Ready last week was one which didn't deliver what it advertised. Billed as "Anti-Malware technologies in Windows Vista" it morphed into a tour of what we we're doing in this area. What surprised me was that I couldn't have mapped out all of the following ... What is the difference between Defender the Malicious software removal tool (I have to hyphenate that, so it is clear whether it is the tool or the software which is Malicious.)
Here is a Summary which I hope you'll find useful - the products, how they are distributed, whether they are real-time or after the fact, what they act against.
| Product | Distribution | Real time ? | Acts against |
| Malicious-software removal tool | Download or Windows Update | No | Common Viruses |
| IE 7 installation and Windows Vista upgrade process | No | CommonViruses | |
| MSN Messenger V8 | No | Viruses in File transfers | |
| https://safety.live.com | No | Viruses and Spyware | |
| Forefront / Antigen | Licensed for servers(SPS LCS Exchange) | No | Viruses (using Microsoft& other engines) |
| Defender | Mostly Consumer &Small business (free download) | Yes | Spyware only |
| Live One-Care | Mostly consumer &Small business (charged) | Yes | Viruses and Spyware |
| Forefront Client | Larger organizationsCharged | Yes | Viruses andSpyware |