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Gartner takes Microsoft to task
February 18, 2005
Software giant should focus on securing Windows, not on entering anti-spyware and antivirus market, an analyst says.
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Microsoft easing into antivirus efforts
July 1, 2004
Security specialist at software giant skirts speculation on possible acquisitions but says: "We're quite happy with what we've got."
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MyDoom spawns four small offshoots
September 10, 2004
Four minor copies of the program surface, which may indicate that a more lethal MyDoom is on the way, according to some experts.
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Trend Micro: Open source is more secure
June 13, 2006
Antivirus vendor wades into the debate over the merits of open and closed code, while Red Hat takes a cautious approach.
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Expert: Flaw still dogs Windows patch
January 25, 2005
An antivirus firm says Microsoft overlooked a potential exploit in its last Windows fixes. The software giant disagrees.
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Sasser worm begins to spread
May 1, 2004
A worm starts spreading through the Internet using a vulnerability in a widely used component of the Windows operating system.
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Pop-up toolbar spreads via IE flaws
June 9, 2004
Criminal charges could result for those who use Explorer vulnerabilities to trigger pop-up ads on PCs.
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MyDoom variant targets Microsoft
January 28, 2004
A new version of the mass-mailing virus hits the Net, aiming data attacks at Microsoft's Web site and interfering with an infected PC's ability to access downloadable security-software updates.
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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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New MyDoom draws on IE flaw to spread
November 9, 2004
Antivirus firms tell PC users to turn on firewalls--Microsoft has yet to patch the Internet Explorer vulnerability.
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Mosquito software bites smart phones
August 13, 2004
A possible Trojan horse hidden in an illegal cell-phone game hits smart phones using the Symbian operating system.
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Latest Bagle succeeds by sheer numbers
July 16, 2004
Online vandals aim to profit more from the mass-mailing computer virus by relaying information through a legion of German Web sites.
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Double MyDoom for Internet Explorer flaw
November 9, 2004
A second MyDoom offshoot is taking advantage of an unpatched security hole in Microsoft's Web browser to spread.
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Year in review: Old worms, new tricks
December 27, 2005
Sober came back to bite, while hackers hunted for new ways to attack and spread code--and Sony stumbled into a rootkit debacle.
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Author leaves warning in latest Sasser worm
May 10, 2004
Antivirus companies discovered a fifth version of the Sasser variant this weekend, within hours of German police arresting an 18-year-old man who confessed to being the Sasser worm's author.
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MSBlast echoes across the Net
August 15, 2003
special coverage The spread of the worm--which exploits perhaps the most widespread Windows flaw ever--continues even as individuals and businesses clean up their computers.
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This week in security
February 4, 2005
There's no business quite like the worm business, apparently.
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Week in review: Lump of coal for Microsoft
December 24, 2004
Software giant gets an unwelcome gift when a European court orders it to start offering a version of Windows without a bundled media player.
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Worms on the prowl, traveling via MSN Messenger
March 8, 2005
Antivirus companies have identified two new threats that use Microsoft's IM software to spread.
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