Free Microsoft Security tools and utilities

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We provide a significant range of security tools for use by organizations and at home at a great price - FREE!

The following list is from our complementary monthly 'Security Chronicles' publication available to enterprise customers.

• Microsoft Security Compliance Manager 2 (SCM 2) ...
• Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2.2 (MBSA 2.2)...
• The Microsoft Security Assessment Tool 4.0 (MSAT 4.0) ...
• Microsoft Safety Scanner ...
• The Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) ...
• Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE)...
• Windows Defender ...
• The new Windows Defender Offline Beta can also help to remove hard to find malicious programs using definitions that recognize threats.

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Every so often I need the Safety Scanner or MSE or MSRT so I thought this round-up would be useful in the future.