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Nessus Security Scanner - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Security Scanner Software: Date - Oct 29, 2009; Author - The Editor; Nessus Security Scanner was selected the winner in the Security Scanner Software category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. GFI LANguard and AW Security Port Scanner were first runner-up and second runner-up respectively.
ISA Server - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Firewall Software: Date - Sep 24, 2009; Author - The Editor; ISA Server was selected the winner in the Firewall category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. Astaro Security Gateway and Kerio WinRoute Firewall were first runner-up and second runner-up respectively.
WinINSTALL - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Patch Management: Date - Aug 27, 2009; Author - The Editor; WinINSTALL was selected the winner in the Patch Management category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. GFI Languard and Shavlik NetChk Protect were first runner-up and second runner-up respectively.
ScriptLogic Active Administrator - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Group Policy Management: Date - Jul 30, 2009; Author - The Editor; ScriptLogic Active Administrator was selected the winner in the Group Policy Management category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. Quest GPOADmin was first runner-up while GPAnywhere and GPExpert Desktop Policy Manager were second runners-up respectively.
Kaspersky Security for Mail Server - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Email Anti Virus: Date - Jun 25, 2009; Author - The Editor; Kaspersky Security for Mail Server was selected the winner in the Email Anti Virus category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. Symantec AntiVirus for Messaging and BitDefender Security were first runner-up and second runner-up respectively.
AccessPatrol - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Portable Storage Security: Date - May 28, 2009; Author - The Editor; AccessPatrol was selected the winner in the Portable Storage Security category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. USB CopyNotify! and GFI EndPointSecurity were first runner-up and second runner-up respectively.
Kaspersky Enterprise Space Security - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Anti Virus solution: Date - Apr 30, 2009; Author - The Editor; Kaspersky Enterprise Space Security was selected the winner in the Anti Virus category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. McAfee VirusScan Enterprise and avast! Server edition were first runner-up and second runner-up respectively.
Readers' Choice Awards Yearly Round Up 2008: Date - Apr 23, 2009; Author - The Editor; The winning solutions for the 2008 Readers' Choice awards.
EventSentry - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Event Log Monitoring solution: Date - Mar 26, 2009; Author - The Editor; EventSentry was selected the winner in the Event Log Monitoring category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. AdventNet EventLog Analyzer was first runner-up while Enterprise Security Analyzer (ESA) and GFI EventsManager were second runners-up.
Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Web Application Security: Date - Feb 26, 2009; Author - The Editor; Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner was selected the winner in the Web Application Security category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. Defiance Threat Management System and SecureIIS Web Server Protection were first runner-up and second runner-up.
RSA SecurID - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Authentication/Smart Cards: Date - Jan 29, 2009; Author - The Editor; RSA SecurID was selected the winner in the Authentication/Smart Cards category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. SafeWord 2008 and eToken were first runner-up and second runner-up.
Symantec Altiris SecurityExpressions - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Network Auditing: Date - Dec 25, 2008; Author - The Editor; Symantec Altiris SecurityExpressions was selected the winner in the Network Auditing category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. Karalon Traffic IQ Professional was first runner-up and i-Sprint Enterprise AdminGuard and Stealthbits StealthAUDIT were second runners-up.
Menlo Logic's AccessPoint SSL VPN Software - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - VPN Software: Date - Nov 27, 2008; Author - The Editor; Menlo Logic's AccessPoint SSL VPN Software was selected the winner in the VPN Software category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. Check Point VPN-1 Power was first runner-up and Astaro VPN Clients and Winfrasoft VPN-Q 2008 were second runners-up.
AW Security Port Scanner - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Network Security Scanner: Date - Oct 30, 2008; Author - The Editor; AW Security Port Scanner was selected the winner in the Network Security Scanner category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner and ManageEngine Security Manager Plus were first runner-up and second runner-up.
Microsoft ISA Server - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Firewall Softare: Date - Sep 25, 2008; Author - The Editor; Microsoft ISA Server was selected the winner in the Firewall Software category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. Symantec Endpoint Protection and Astaro Security Gateway were first runner-up and second runner-up.
WinINSTALL - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Patch Management: Date - Aug 28, 2008; Author - The Editor; WinINSTALL was selected the winner in the Patch Management category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. GFI Languard NSS and Shavlik NetChk Protect were first runner-up and second runner-up.
Active Administrator - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Group Policy Management: Date - Jul 31, 2008; Author - The Editor; Active Administrator was selected the winner in the Group Policy Management category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. Active GPOAdmin and Special Operations Suite were first runner-up and second runner-up.
Kaspersky Security - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Email Anti-Virus: Date - Jun 26, 2008; Author - The Editor; Kaspersky Security was selected the winner in the E-mail Antivirus solution category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. Symantec AntiVirus and BitDefender Security were first runner-up and second runner-up.
VirtualizationAdmin.com - New Virtualization site added to the TechGenix Network!: Date - Jun 02, 2008; Author - The Editor; We are pleased to announce the launch of our latest site – VirtualizationAdmin.com - a site completely dedicated to Virtualization related topics such as desktop virtualization (VDI), hypervisors, storage virtualization, and application virtualization.
AccessPatrol - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Portable Storage Security solution: Date - May 29, 2008; Author - The Editor; AccessPatrol was selected the winner in the Portable Storage Security category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. USB CopyNotify! and GFI EndPointSecurity were first runner-up and second runner-up.
Kaspersky Enterprise Space Security - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Antivirus solution: Date - Apr 24, 2008; Author - The Editor; Kaspersky Enterprise Space Security was selected the winner in the Antivirus solution category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. avast! Server edition and McAfee VirusScan Enterprise were first runner-up and second runner-up.
Readers' Choice Awards Yearly Round Up 2007: Date - Apr 09, 2008; Author - The Editor; The winning solutions for the 2007 Readers' Choice awards.
Enterprise Security Analyzer - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Event Log Monitoring solution: Date - Mar 27, 2008; Author - The Editor; Enterprise Security Analyzer was selected the winner in the Event Log Monitoring solution category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. EventTracker and GFI EventsManager were first runner-up and second runner-up.
Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Web Application Security: Date - Feb 28, 2008; Author - The Editor; Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner was selected the winner in the Web Application Security category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. N-Stalker Web Application Security Scanner and Vforce were first runner-up and second runner-up.
RSA Smart Card 5200 - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Authentication - Smart Cards: Date - Jan 31, 2008; Author - The Editor; RSA Smart Card 5200 was selected the winner in the Authentication / Smart Cards category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. Authenex ASAS and eToken were first runner-up and second runner-up.
Altiris SecurityExpressions - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Network Auditing Software: Date - Dec 27, 2007; Author - The Editor; Altiris SecurityExpressions was selected the winner in the Network Auditing Software category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. Professional Audit Expander and SSL-Explorer Enterprise Edition Protection were first runner-up and second runner-up.
AccessPoint SSL VPN Software - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - VPN Software Category: Date - Nov 29, 2007; Author - The Editor; AccessPoint SSL VPN Software was selected the winner in the VPN Software category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. Astaro VPN Clients and SSL-Explorer Enterprise Edition Protection were first runner-up and second runner-up.
New White Paper Section Now Available!: Date - Nov 19, 2007; Author - The Editor; WindowSecurity.com has further expanded the amount of content available to visitors by launching a new Security White Paper section!
Nessus Security Scanner - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Security Scanner Software Category: Date - Oct 30, 2007; Author - The Editor; Nessus Security Scanner was selected the winner in the Security Scanner Software category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. GFI LANguard NSS and Retina Network Security Scanner Protection were first runner-up and second runner-up.
ISA Server - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Software-based Firewall Category: Date - Sep 27, 2007; Author - The Editor; ISA Server was selected the winner in the Software-based Firewall category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. Astaro Security Gateway SA and Symantec Sygate Enterprise Protection were first runner-up and second runner-up.
Win a Copy of the Microsoft Windows Group Policy Guide!: Date - Sep 07, 2007; Author - The Editor; We are offering WindowSecurity.com visitors the opportunity to win a copy of the Microsoft Windows Group Policy Guide.
GFI LANguard N.S.S.- Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Patch Management Category: Date - Aug 30, 2007; Author - The Editor; GFI LANguard N.S.S was selected the winner in the Patch Management category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. WinINSTALL and PatchLink Update were first runner-up and second runner-up.
The WindowSecurity.com Readers' Choice Awards - Vote for your Favorite Product!: Date - Jul 05, 2007; Author - The Editor; Beginning in July 2007 WindowSecurity.com will hold monthly Readers’ Choice polls, giving visitors the opportunity to vote for the products they view as the very best in their respective category.
Find a career with Dell! The Dell Careers Forum is Open: Date - Nov 10, 2006; Author - The Editor; Get the latest career opportunities on offer from the Dell EMEA Enterprise Expert Center (EEC) on the new Dell Careers Forum exclusively on WindowSecurity.com. Dell have challenging growth plans for the center and are now seeking ambitious candidates to join them and develop their careers accordingly. More information on how to join Dell within!
TechGenix Proudly Introduces WindowSecurity.com’s New Look!: Date - Oct 10, 2006; Author - The Editor; WindowSecurity.com recently received a stylish makeover with a totally fresh site design. To celebrate we are offering free WindowSecurity.com t-shirts to our visitors! Read on to find out how you can win.
One Week Left to Win a free Security Book: Date - May 08, 2006; Author - The Editor; There is only one week remaining to win a copy of one of two essential security books. Please read on for more details.
Win a Free Security Book!: Date - Apr 25, 2006; Author - The Editor; We are offering WindowSecurity.com visitors with two easy ways to win a copy of one of two essential security books.
Is Your Website Hackable? Find Vulnerabilities with a Free Acunetix Security Audit: Date - Feb 01, 2006; Author - Acunetix; In an effort to stem the fast-growing tide of web application security breaches, Acunetix today announced that it is offering free website security audits to 5,000 enterprise organizations.
MSTerminalServices.org – New Terminal Services and Server Based Computing Website added to the TechGenix Network!: Date - Nov 08, 2005; Author - The Editor; We are pleased to announce the launch of our latest site – MSTerminalServices.org - a site completely dedicated to Terminal Services and Server Based Computing related topics such as Application Hosting, Security lockdown, Profile management, Virtualization and much more...
WindowSecurity.com relaunches free online Trojan scanning service: Date - Jun 02, 2005; Author - The Editor; WindowSecurity.com has relaunched its free web-based service enabling users to check their system for any known Trojans. With totally new scanning technology, an updated powerful engine, and an extensive Trojan signature database, the Trojan scanner is the most comprehensive free scanner available.
HiJackThis Log Experts – At your service!: Date - Mar 03, 2005; Author - The Editor; One of the free services that our Security Message Boards, Security-Forums.com, offers is the detailed reading and analysis of HiJackThis logs. Through reading a HiJackThis log a properly trained security professional will be able to see if a PC is infected with any malicious programs. Below you will find information on how to submit a proper HiJackThis log and how the S.M.A.R.T. members can help remove any unwanted programs off your system.
WindowSecurity.com acquires Security-Forums.com: Date - Feb 08, 2005; Author - The Editor; WindowSecurity.com, a foremost computer security website has acquired leading UK security portal Security-Forums.com.
Happy Holidays from WindowSecurity.com!: Date - Dec 23, 2004; Author - The Editor; The WindowSecurity.com team would like to extend the warmest holiday wishes to all of our esteemed members and guests. Through your loyal support we continue to be regarded as one of the world's leading free online security resources. Now, as we approach the end of the year, we have our sights set on expanding and improving our service even further over the course of 2005 so we hope to see you all again after the festivities are over. Thanks to all of you!
WindowSecurity.com New Article Alerts for your PC or Website Using our RSS Feed!: Date - Sep 09, 2004; Author - The Editor; It is now possible to retrieve instant updates of the latest articles posted to all our websites by using the recently launched RSS feed service! Simply retrieve updates for your personal use or enhance your own website by providing your visitors with convenient access to our highly rated content as it's released.
Security Log Secrets Seminar: Date - Aug 04, 2004; Author - Randall F. Smith; Monterey Technology Group announces new “Security Log Secrets” seminar by Windows security expert Randy Franklin Smith. Security Log Secrets is an intensive 2 day course in which Randy shares the wealth of knowledge he has gleaned over years of research on the Windows Security log. Security Log Secrets is available now for on-site classes and scheduled as a public seminar on October 4, 5 in New York City.
GFI Releases a Major Upgrade of its Acclaimed Network Security Scanner: Date - Apr 13, 2004; Author - The Editor; GFI today announced the release of GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner (N.S.S.) 5, a major upgrade of its popular network security scanner. The new interface (see screenshot) makes detecting and fixing vulnerabilities much easier. Among the new features are improved filtering and reporting, the easy creation of different types of scans and vulnerability tests, better patch management, and improved Linux/Unix security scanning.
WindowsNetworking.com - New Networking Site Launched: Date - Mar 09, 2004; Author - The Editor; We are pleased to announce the launch of our latest site - WindowsNetworking.com - a site completely dedicated to Windows networking related topics such as setting up Windows NT/XP/2000/2003 networks, troubleshooting, connectivity and much more.
Add an extra antivirus engine to your mail server for free! - GFI releases GFI MailSecurity Freeware: Date - Aug 28, 2003; Author - The Editor; In a bid to help administrators preempt a possible wave of new virus outbreaks, GFI today released a freeware version of GFI MailSecurity. The freeware version scans inbound and outbound email using a single anti-virus engine and can also check message bodies and subjects for keywords; this feature can be used to detect inappropriate mail.
ServerFiles.com - New Network Software Directory Launched: Date - May 23, 2003; Author - The Editor; We're pleased to announce the launch of ServerFiles.com, a directory of server based software for your Windows 2000/NT & .NET network. A no frills site that gives administrators and decision makers just what they need - reliable software listings in over 75 categories including "Patch Management", "Database Server Software" and "Network Monitoring". You'll be able to read about other user's experiences with the software listed or you can post your own comments. The site will be continuously updated with new listings so make ServerFiles.com your first stop when you need to find a software solution that's right for your network.
WindowSecurity.com Article Updates in Your Mailbox!: Date - Oct 17, 2002; Author - The Editor; Keep up to date with all articles published on WindowSecurity.com with the newly launched 'RealTime' and 'Monthly' article updates! A great way to ensure that you don't miss the articles and tips that matter to you most. Click here to subscribe.
Security message boards and MS security bulletins browse list launched!: Date - Sep 12, 2002; Author - The Editor; Two new additions to WindowSecurity.com! Check out the new security message boards, providing you with a channel for discussing security issues with other security experts. Topics include IIS Security, Windows Networking Security, Windows Security Patches and Security software. Keep up to date with the latest patches and product updates with the new bulletin feed, allowing you to browse the latest Microsoft security bulletins, patches & SPs for any MS product!
Welcome to the new SecuritySearch.net!: Date - Jul 21, 2002; Author - The Editor; We've revamped the site and focused it on Windows Network Security. We've added security articles & tutorials, security product reviews and software listings. We have also added 2 new online security tests. Our ‘Email Security Test’ checks whether you are protected against new email viruses and attacks through a series of vulnerability checks. The ‘Event Log Scan’ test allows you to check for high security events happening on your machine. We're still busy adding more content and improving the site, so please check back often.