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McAfee update exterminates Excel
March 11, 2006
Company fixes mistake which, for a brief period, caused its antivirus tools to remove or quarantine Microsoft's Excel, and applications.
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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.
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McAfee sends 'Falcon' after Symantec, Microsoft
May 30, 2006
Consumer security software due out this summer is pitted against Microsoft's OneCare and Symantec's upcoming 'Genesis.'
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Microsoft nabs another McAfee virus expert
September 19, 2006
Jimmy Kuo, a former McAfee fellow, will join the security industry newcomer as senior security researcher.
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Windows virus worms onto some Apple iPods
October 17, 2006
A small number of the video media players have been shipped with the RavMonE virus, the company warns.
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Microsoft set to test security software
October 6, 2005
A test version of software to protect business PCs and file servers against viruses and spyware is due by year's end.
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Hackers try to crack Windows PowerShell
August 1, 2006
Code targets command line interface shell and scripting language product being developed by Microsoft.
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Why Microsoft is wrong on Vista security
October 9, 2006
McAfee Chief Scientist George Heron says a technological dispute could usher in a new age of insecurity.
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China vies with U.S. for spam title, report says
April 21, 2006
Overall, computers in Asia relay more junk e-mail than those in any other continent, according to Sophos research.
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Microsoft offers businesses a security test drive
November 14, 2006
Forefront Client Security will go up against established security products from companies such as Cisco Systems, Symantec and McAfee.
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Mytob e-mail worm proliferating quickly
March 29, 2005
The mass-mailing varmint makes up in numbers what it lacks in heft, security watchers say.
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Microsoft to expand security research teams
February 7, 2007
Over the next six months, the software maker plans to establish security research and response teams in Europe and Asia.
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Melissa's long gone, but lessons remain
March 29, 2005
Six years ago, the virus taught companies and PC users to distrust e-mail. The outbreak still has lessons to teach us, experts say.
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Searching for trouble
December 20, 2004
Google grapples with a flaw in its desktop search. Also: Hotmail dumps McAfee as antivirus ally.
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Third buy's a charm for Microsoft security?
February 9, 2005
Purchase of Sybari Software could position Microsoft as a player in the corporate security market--if it gets its product strategy right.
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