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The Microsoft Malware Protection Center (MMPC) provides world class antimalware research and response capabilities that support the Microsoft range of security products and services. With laboratories in multiple locations around the globe, the MMPC is able to respond quickly and effectively to new malicious and potentially unwanted software threats wherever and whenever they arise.

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