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Kaspersky inadvertently quarantines Windows Explorer
December 21, 2007
A false positive in company's antivirus products leads to quarantine or deletion of some Windows users' copies of explorer.exe.
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Microsoft offers prank Blue Screen Of Death
November 14, 2006
A spoof screensaver of the IT nightmare is now available from Microsoft. Antivirus vendors are not amused.
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Gartner takes Microsoft to task
February 18, 2005
Software giant should focus on securing Windows, not on entering anti-spyware and antivirus market, an analyst says.
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 7
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Sneaky new virus format has software makers scrambling
July 7, 2000
In the latest case of virus writers being a step ahead of the computer industry, a comparatively new type of virus is forcing antivirus software companies to rebuild their products.
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Site-blocking worm carries phishing risk
April 11, 2005
Worm alters system files to block some antivirus company Web sites--a ploy that could be used in phishing scams, Trend Micro warns.
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Expert: Flaw still dogs Windows patch
January 25, 2005
An antivirus firm says Microsoft overlooked a potential exploit in its last Windows fixes. The software giant disagrees.
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Super Bowl stadium site packed Trojan horse
February 2, 2007
Cybercrooks reprogram Dolphin Stadium Web site to load script that would attempt to exploit two Windows security holes.Images: Stadium site gets sacked
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FAQ: The Kama Sutra worm
February 2, 2006
What you need to know about the virus, which is set to delete files on Feb. 3.
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Antivirus makers catch up to Windows bug
January 5, 2006
Not all antivirus products offer protection against exploitations of a recently disclosed, unpatched Windows flaw.
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This week in security
February 4, 2005
There's no business quite like the worm business, apparently.
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Week in review: Lump of coal for Microsoft
December 24, 2004
Software giant gets an unwelcome gift when a European court orders it to start offering a version of Windows without a bundled media player.
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Year in review: Old worms, new tricks
December 27, 2005
Sober came back to bite, while hackers hunted for new ways to attack and spread code--and Sony stumbled into a rootkit debacle.
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