Microsoft released a minor update for its anti-spyware Microsoft Defender software with improvements to the user interface and signature updating.

Other changes include a tweak that modifies alerts according to the severity of a threat to make them less, improvements in the real-time protection to better watch key parts of the OS for potential infection, and support for 64-bit systems.

Still officially in beta, Windows Defender Beta 2 is an add-on to Windows XP, 2000, and Server 2003, but will be integrated into Windows Vista when it releases to consumers in January 2007 and businesses in November of this year.

"With these upcoming changes to our reporting network and our core technology, we will improve our detection and removal capabilities even more in the upcoming months," the Defender team promised.

The Defender refresh can be downloaded from Microsoft's Web site.
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