Windows security news, free tools

NOD32 Antivirus 2.7 beta is available for download. (my favorite Windows antivirus program)

Paranoid news: Undetectable rootkits may find havens in PCI video cards, network cards and motherboards [Security Focus] (just in time for your next new computer).

Most hackers won’t bother writing such malware. Why? hackers are efficient and won’t have to bother with these tools:

“… enough people do not regularly apply security patches to Windows and do not run anti-virus software, there is little immediate need for malware authors to turn to these techniques…” [John Heasman, Next Generation Security Software]

Heasman invokes ‘trusted storage‘ as a means of protecting computers from such root kits. For computers with flawed chip security, trusted storage is probably useless…

Are you a Microsoft Longhorn beta tester? submitted a bug? You may be eligible to download a Windows Vista Business or Ultimate Edition product key! [The NeoSmart Files]

Which is your favorite antivirus tool? I’ve tried Norton, MacAffee, AVG and NOD32 and have stuck with NOD32…

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