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Tim Rains

Microsoft’s Free Security Tools – Windows Defender Offline 

<p>This article in our <a href="/b/security/archive/2012/07/31/microsoft-s-free-security-tools-series-introduction.aspx">series </a>focused on Microsoft’s free security tools is on a tool called <strong>Windows Defender Offline</strong>.  Windows Defender Offline is a standalone software application that is designed to help detect malicious and other potentially unwanted software, including rootkits that try to install themselves on a PC.  Once on a PC, this software might run immediately, or it might run at unexpected times. Windows Defender Offline works by scanning an operating system to check the authenticity of any communication the operating system has with the Internet. If there is an application deemed unsafe, it will alert the user and block the contents of the application until the user either accepts or denies the risk.</p>

Microsoft’s Free Security Tools – banned.h 

<p>This article in our <a href="/b/security/archive/2012/07/31/microsoft-s-free-security-tools-series-introduction.aspx">series</a> focused on Microsoft’s free security tools is on the <a href="http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9707345">Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) banned.h header file</a>. This is an important tool for developers who are trying to minimize the number of security vulnerabilities that exist in the C or C++ code they write.  It’s also important for IT Professionals to know about this tool as they can ask the ISVs and developers of the applications they deploy and operate in their environments whether they were developed using banned.h.</p>