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...
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...
Date: 05/30/2008
Oderoor - all it's Kraked up to be?
Greetings from (sorta) sunny Melbourne, Australia! We’re the newest addition to...
Date: 05/21/2008
Microsoft acquires Komoku
Today, Microsoft announced the acquisition of Komoku to add to Forefront and Windows Live OneCare's...
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...
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,...
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!...
Date: 10/20/2007
Storm Drain
Over the past few months, there has been talk about a wave of malware known commonly as “Storm”....
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...
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...
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...
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...
Date: 05/15/2007
Hello world
printf(“hello world\n”); This is Jimmy Kuo of the Microsoft Security Research & Response team...
Date: 03/15/2007
Virus Bulletin 2006
A contingent from our antimalware team attended the Virus Bulletin conference in Montreal, Canada...
Date: 10/30/2006
Security Intelligence Report
This week at RSA Europe in Nice, France we released a report detailing the security landscape for...
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...
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...
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...
Date: 06/13/2006
Attending AusCERT
Hi, Ziv Mador here from the antimalware team at Microsoft. Last week I attended the AusCERT...
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...
Date: 05/26/2006
Windows Live OneCare is Certified !
We're certified ! This morning, Microsoft issued a press release describing how Windows Live OneCare...
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...
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...
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...
Date: 05/11/2006
Notes from EICAR
Hello folks. Jeff Williams, Tony Lee, Jigar Mody, and I have returned from the EICAR conference in...
Date: 05/09/2006
VirusTotal Participation
Hi, this is Ziv Mador again from the Microsoft Anti-Malware team. This week, the folks over at...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Date: 12/01/2005
Anti-Malware White Papers Posted
Hi, Matthew Braverman here again. In early October, members of Microsoft's anti-malware team...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Date: 11/01/2005