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AOL offers free antivirus software
August 7, 2006
Active Virus Shield software is likely to become the highest-profile alternative to for-pay security software.
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
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Kaspersky ships antivirus tool for cell phones
February 13, 2007
Russian security firm is the latest to offer a product for mobile devices, a huge potential market.
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Security from A to Z: Antivirus
November 27, 2006
The lowdown on how antivirus software works and what it needs to do in the future. A section is a series on security basics.
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Is your cell phone due for an antivirus shot?
February 24, 2006
Security software industry focuses on mobile phones but runs into resistance from service providers.
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Gartner Inc.
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Microsoft goes global with antivirus tool update
January 23, 2007
Release of latest version of OneCare next week marks the first time the security and PC maintenance tool will be sold outside the U.S.
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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.
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Trend Micro flaw opens PCs to takeover
February 8, 2007
A serious security hole in a wide swath of the company's antivirus products could let an outsider crash or hijack a computer.
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Security from A to Z: Microsoft
November 27, 2006
The software giant has created a hole that many software companies are gladly stepping in to fill.
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Playing it safe with Windows Vista
December 11, 2006
Microsoft wants to sell Web sites and businesses on security checks of customer PCs. That may not go over so well.
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RealNetworks beefs up security package
November 17, 2006
Company's subscription services now include an array of security tools, including the basics.
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Google Inc.
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Symantec incorrectly flags Yahoo Mail as a virus
February 28, 2007
Accessing the beta version of Yahoo Mail on a PC with Symantec's updated antivirus software incorrectly sounds alarm bells.
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Apple plugs eight QuickTime holes
March 5, 2007
Vulnerabilities in Apple's widely used QuickTime media player software can expose both Macs and Windows PCs to attack.
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Net threats hit servers, phones
June 16, 2004
Akamai confirms an attack on its network that took down Google, Yahoo and others. Also: Smart phones draw their first worm.
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Webroot expands beyond spyware niche
October 12, 2006
Partnership with Sophos lets company add antivirus to anti-spyware products as Microsoft readies Windows Vista.
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Microsoft security product makes official debut
May 31, 2006
Windows Live OneCare goes on sale in the U.S., marking Microsoft's official entry into consumer antivirus. Video: One on one with OneCare
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Microsoft security service to ship in June
February 7, 2006
At $49.95 a year to defend PCs against Internet threats, it puts pricing pressure on rival offerings.
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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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Super Bowl
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Websense Inc.
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Most security tools not quite ready for Vista
November 30, 2006
Microsoft's Windows update for businesses is out, but only one of the major security providers has protection available for it.
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Forrester Research Inc.
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Symantec Corp.
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Microsoft Corp.
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MyDoom sparks talks of security's future
February 3, 2004
Security experts point to the success of MyDoom as an indicator that more work is needed to defend corporate networks.
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SCO Group Inc.
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AOL to enter security arena
June 7, 2006
Company is creating security bundle called Total Care that it plans to sell to the general public, CNET News.com has learned.
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