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The Microsoft Malware Protection Center (MMPC) provides world class antimalware research and response capabilities that support Microsoft's 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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Just over a week ago the Microsoft Malware Protection Center released the seventh edition of our Security Intelligence Report covering the first half of 2009. Like all of our previous reports we have distilled information and insight from the wide array of telemetry we have available to us. New to this edition, however, is the inclusion of third party data and insight. Specifically, we have worked with Shadowserver to include data collected for the Conficker Working Group (CWG) as well as insights from various Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) worldwide. Microsoft is thankful for the many strong partnerships we have around the world and is committed to the industry collaboration typified by CWG as well as the programs in the Microsoft Security Response Alliance (MSRA).
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