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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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Windows anti-spyware to come free of charge
February 15, 2005
Bill Gates says Microsoft won't charge customers for its spyware and pop-up killer.
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Insecurity complex on the Internet
April 2, 2007
JavaScript comes under scrutiny as a Web 2.0 "hijacking" threat--as the Jikto tool slips into the wild.
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Microsoft: Zombies most prevalent Windows threat
June 12, 2006
Scan finds that more than 60 percent of compromised PCs are infected with bot software.
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Say good-bye to Apple security?
May 2, 2006
SecureWave CEO Bob Johnson warns that the Windows-friendly Boot Camp software could bring bugs to Apple products.
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Boarding up Windows against Net threats
February 8, 2006
Redmond unveils details of its entry into the antivirus business and warns of new browser and OS flaws.
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Zombies continue to chase Windows PCs
October 24, 2006
Of 4 million Windows PCs found to be infected with malicious software, half were running malicious remote control software.
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Microsoft and Adobe to square off?
June 20, 2005
In digital documents, Web applications and image editing, Adobe has a healthy head start. But Microsoft is making some noise.
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Microsoft pushes out Windows patch ahead of time
January 5, 2006
Flaw that has spawned several attacks gets fixed Thursday, after the company comes under criticism.
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Sophos: Cell phone virus claims are 'bonkers'
September 23, 2005
Trend Micro admits chances of infection are relatively low but says virus could be a forerunner of worse threats to come.
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Web mulls Google's threat to Microsoft
September 27, 2005
Discussion grows over whether the Web will become the next computing platform, and whether Microsoft can compete if it does.
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Cell phone virus tries leaping to PCs
September 22, 2005
A virus discovered Wednesday is among the first designed to spread from smart phones to PCs, says security firm F-Secure.
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The next generation of security threats
December 5, 2007
Forget widespread worms. Nowadays, limited-scale threats like targeted e-mail attacks are causing the most concern.
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Microsoft: SP2 shimmy's not a flaw
February 1, 2005
Company downplays a method for intruders to bypass defenses in its Service Pack 2 update for Windows XP.
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Intel: Driver flaws no major threat, yet
June 14, 2006
Vulnerabilities in kernel-level Windows device drivers are scarce and tough to exploit, so there is no reason for alarm, company says.
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Uptick in Windows attacks reported
September 1, 2006
Security experts warn of increased cyberattacks on Windows PCs, via a known security flaw, but Microsoft says all is calm.
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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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Denial-of-service glitch could threaten Windows
March 8, 2005
Well-known flaw in handling IP packets surfaces in Windows, but Microsoft denies that "LAND attacks" are serious threat.
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HP ships USB sticks with malware
April 9, 2008
Hewlett-Packard has released a batch of USB keys for numerous Proliant server models which contain malware that could allow an attacker to take over an infected system. (From ZDNet Australia)
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A safe browser? No longer in the lexicon
July 7, 2005
CERT security analyst Art Manion warns that all Web browsers now face similar threats--and some even share similar design features.
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