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August 7, 2006 Active Virus Shield software is likely to become the highest-profile alternative to for-pay security software. TAGS: America Online Inc., antivirus software, antivirus protection, Time Warner Inc., antivirus, security, toolbar, virus, spyware, Microsoft Internet Explorer, e-mail, PC, Microsoft Corp.

June 16, 2000 The online service confirms that hackers have illegally compromised an undisclosed number of its member accounts by targeting key company employees with an email virus. TAGS: Richard Smith, America Online Inc., attachment, hacker, account, Time Warner Inc., virus, e-mail, password, security

August 12, 2005 Microsoft and AOL announce plans for money they've culled from spammers, even as phishers came up with a new e-mail-based scam. TAGS: VoIP, spammer, CAN-SPAM Act, Graham Cluley, phishing, America Online Inc., Time Warner Inc., fax, New York, form, e-mail, security, Microsoft Corp.

November 2, 2005 Acquisition of hosted secure IM provider is MessageLabs' ticket into the instant messaging security fray. TAGS: Omnipod Inc., MessageLabs Ltd., Web security, IM, acquisition, IBM Corp., security, vision, America Online Inc., server, e-mail, Microsoft Corp.

April 6, 2000 Instant messaging technology, popular among consumers, is beginning to take hold among businesses as an effective means of communication. TAGS: Novell Inc., e-commerce, IM, IBM Corp., instant messenger, Netscape Communications Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., America Online Inc., alliance, communication, Time Warner Inc., Los Angeles, vice president, AOL Instant Messenger, software company, security

December 9, 2005 The wonderful world of worms has some new twists, but are most of us concerned? Apparently not. TAGS: IMLogic, worm, antivirus software, survey, firewall, America Online Inc., security, IM, virus, e-mail

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