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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. TAGS: Kaspersky Lab, antivirus company, Microsoft Windows Explorer, antivirus, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, operating system

Microsoft's antivirus package makes a splash

August 12, 2006 Aided by low introductory pricing, Windows Live OneCare lands No. 2 sales spot at U.S. stores in its debut month. TAGS: NPD Group Inc., Symantec Corp., Microsoft Windows Live, pricing, McAfee Inc., antivirus, Trend Micro Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., U.S., PC, Microsoft Windows

Webroot expands beyond spyware niche

October 12, 2006 Partnership with Sophos lets company add antivirus to anti-spyware products as Microsoft readies Windows Vista. TAGS: Webroot Software Inc., Sophos Plc., anti-spyware, spyware, threat, Microsoft Windows Vista, antivirus, Microsoft Corp., security, Microsoft Windows, operating system, PC

Microsoft adds Vista support in OneCare

October 10, 2006 The software maker is testing an update to its antivirus program that works with the new operating system and also is allowing folks outside the U.S. to try the service. TAGS: antivirus, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, U.S., Microsoft Windows

Kaspersky confirms antivirus software flaw

October 4, 2005 The problem affects Windows products only and preliminary protection was available last week. A permanent fix is in the works. TAGS: Kaspersky Lab, Kaspersky Anti-Virus, flaw, antivirus software, security software company, vulnerability, McAfee Inc., antivirus, software company, researcher, security, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Flawed Symantec update cripples Chinese PCs

May 24, 2007 Update quarantined two critical system files in the Simplified Chinese version of Windows XP, affecting computers throughout China. TAGS: Symantec Corp., China, Norton Co., antivirus, Microsoft Windows XP, PC, Microsoft Windows

Sample virus targets Windows and Linux

April 8, 2006 Another example of malicious software that can infect computers running Windows or Linux has been discovered. TAGS: Kaspersky Lab, malicious software, Linux, virus, antivirus, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

CA antivirus deletes Windows 2003 file

September 5, 2006 Company's eTrust software detects Windows file as a virus and deletes it, causing servers to crash and fail to reboot. TAGS: Computer Associates International Inc., Microsoft Windows 2003, CA eTrust, antivirus, virus, Microsoft Windows, server, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Virus-infected Creative Zen MP3 players found

September 1, 2005 Several thousand of the digital music players are thought to be affected in the Asia-Pacific region. TAGS: digital music player, Asia-Pacific, Creative Technology Ltd., digital music, Creative Zen, music player, antivirus company, F-Secure Corp., Sophos Plc., antivirus software, MP3 player, virus, MP3, PC, antivirus, hard drive

Microsoft exec calls XP hack 'frightening'

November 13, 2007 In a matter of minutes, e-crime experts hack into a Windows XP computer that is unprotected and connected to an unsecured wireless network. TAGS: hack, demonstration, wireless network, exec, IP address, IP, service pack, small business, anti-spyware, minute, patch management, malware, Service Pack 2, antivirus, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP

Microsoft's own antivirus fails to secure Vista

February 6, 2007 Test of 15 antivirus packages shows failures in four. Microsoft pledges improvements; McAfee says its updates weren't included. TAGS: McAfee Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, antivirus software, antivirus, Microsoft Windows Live, researcher, security, virus, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows

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. TAGS: blue screen of death, Sysinternals, antivirus company, screensaver, Microsoft Corp., antivirus, Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows

F-Secure issues patch for critical flaws

January 19, 2006 Its focus is on flaws in the way F-Secure products handle data compression archives. TAGS: F-Secure Corp., flaw, attacker, data compression, vulnerability, RAR, antivirus, malicious software, security, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Zombie tool makes use of Windows, antivirus flaws

November 30, 2006 Bot software that turns PCs into zombies spreads via holes in Symantec and Microsoft products. TAGS: bot, Symantec Corp., flaw, variant, SpyBot, adware, antivirus, Microsoft Corp., security, spyware, PC, Microsoft Windows

Windows Live offers a vast array of services

March 14, 2006 chart What exactly is Microsoft making available via Windows Live? The complete list is here. TAGS: Microsoft Windows Live, beta, Gmail, social networking, Yahoo! Inc., MSN, Google Inc., U.S., antivirus, Microsoft Windows, video, Microsoft Corp.

Chills at Microsoft's security huddle

July 24, 2006 Microsoft has quietly held meetings with top antivirus researchers for almost 10 years, but there's some unease now that Redmond is a rival. TAGS: meeting, attendee, researcher, McAfee Inc., Redmond, software company, security company, event, security, antivirus, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, operating system

Worm wriggles through Yahoo mail flaw

June 12, 2006 JavaScript flaw lets worm send itself to other Yahoo Web mail addresses when user merely opens the e-mail. TAGS: worm, Yahoo! Inc., Yahoo! Mail, flaw, Symantec Corp., advisory, JavaScript, patch, e-mail, antivirus, Web browser, server, security, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft security zaps laptop tracer

December 15, 2005 Windows OneCare Live has been found to disable Absolute Software's Computrace LoJack software. TAGS: Absolute Software, antivirus software, Symantec Corp., security, Microsoft Corp., McAfee Inc., laptop computer, antivirus, Microsoft Windows

New Windows Trojan causes confusion

November 11, 2005 Trend Micro initially reported that it spotted a Trojan horse that exploits the latest Windows flaw, but now it's not so sure. TAGS: Raimund Genes, Trend Micro Inc., trojan horse, vulnerability, Microsoft Windows Metafile, flaw, software company, antivirus, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP
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