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Microsoft buys into 'bots'

October 12, 2006 Microsoft is buying Colloquis, a maker of natural language-processing technology used to provide automated customer assistance. TAGS: bot, Microsoft Corp.

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, antivirus, adware, Microsoft Corp., security, spyware, PC, Microsoft Windows

MySQL worm hits Windows systems

January 27, 2005 Databases protected by weak passwords on Windows-based machines could allow a worm to spread to several thousand systems. TAGS: Internet Storm Center, bot, MySQL, SQL Slammer, database software, IRC server, worm, password, database, flaw, researcher, open source, security, Microsoft Corp., server, Microsoft Windows

Online threats outpacing law crackdowns

June 15, 2006 Phishing and botnet threats are getting more advanced and show no sign of diminishing, despite efforts by law enforcement. TAGS: bot, phishing, malicious software, presentation, threat, agent, security, PC, Microsoft Corp., e-mail

Alarm growing over bot software

April 30, 2004 Many network administrators fret about the next worm, but security experts warn that a quieter, equally damaging threat is gaining control of large networks of computers. TAGS: bot, AgoBot, security expert, Internet Storm Center, MSBlast worm, Symantec Corp., network administrator, security, variant, worm, Internet security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Microsoft: Zombies most prevalent Windows threat

June 12, 2006 Scan finds that more than 60 percent of compromised PCs are infected with bot software. TAGS: malicious software, rootkit, zombie, bot, threat, Windows PC, Microsoft Corp., adware, PC, spyware, Microsoft Windows, Sony Corp., security, e-mail

Spying worm spreads via MSN Messenger, AIM

July 21, 2005 Attacks tailored to IM services contain links that could infect a PC with a Trojan horse or dangerous worm. TAGS: bot, worm, SpyBot, MSN Messenger, IP address, trojan horse, Time Warner Inc., MSN, IP, McAfee Inc., Symantec Corp., copy, America Online Inc., Microsoft Corp., security, link

AOL creates kit for 'ping and play'

May 16, 2005 Tool kit is designed to let online game developers integrate AIM and ICQ messaging software into their titles. TAGS: America Online Inc., online game, kit, messaging, ICQ, Time Warner Inc., bot, AOL Instant Messenger, developer, IM, gamer, Real-Time, Microsoft Corp.

MySQL worm halted

January 28, 2005 After infecting thousands of computers, the bot software has been cut off from its command center, essentially halting its spread. TAGS: MySQL, MySQL Database, bot, worm, SQL Slammer, Symantec Corp., database, function, server, password, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., security

'Zombie' PCs caused Web outage, Akamai says

June 16, 2004 Attackers built a "botnet" of unknowing home PCs to bring down Google and other sites, the company says. TAGS: Akamai Technologies Inc., distributed denial of service, bot, zombie, attack, outage, home PC, attacker, server, Yahoo! Inc., Apple Computer, Google Inc., security, PC, Microsoft Corp.

Cyberthreat experts to meet at secretive conference

January 22, 2007 At a hush-hush security confab on Microsoft's campus this week, there'll be tough talk on beating botnets and keeping cybercrooks at bay. TAGS: phishing, conference, expert, threat, spam, bot, security, event, trojan horse, Microsoft Corp., PC

Spam-bot tests flunk the blind

July 2, 2003 Advocates for the visually impaired contend that increasingly popular "visual verification" tests are discriminatory, raising a cloud over the future of a widely used antispam tool. TAGS: VeriSign Inc., human, bot, spam, Yahoo! Inc., database, Microsoft Corp., e-mail

Week in review: Patches and pirates

January 28, 2005 Microsoft is fed up with Windows pirates and is laying down the law--no more patches for illegitimate copies. TAGS: piracy, Week in review, MySQL, patch management, malicious program, online game, bot, worm, security, Microsoft Corp., copy, password, database, antivirus, Microsoft Windows, e-mail

From bots to Woz, Maker Faire sizzles

May 21, 2007 Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak urges kids to get fired up about tech tinkering, as robotic machines put on a fiery finale. TAGS: iRobot Roomba, Steve Wozniak, mashup, co-founder, bot, electronics, photograph, Apple Computer, video, Microsoft Corp.

Week in pictures: Shake, rattle and roll

April 21, 2006 roundup Famous bots land in Robot Hall of Fame. Also: Looking back at San Francisco's great quake of 1906. TAGS: robot, e-paper, San Francisco, HD-DVD, bot, Fujitsu, Cisco Systems Inc., Blu-ray, Microsoft Windows Media Player, DVD, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

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