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NewsSpy program snoops on cell phones
March 30, 2006 Software hides itself on phones to secretly capture data, leading one security company to label it a Trojan horse. - News
Microsoft adds Vista support in OneCare
October 10, 2006 The software maker is testing an update to its antivirus program that works with the new operating system and also is allowing folks outside the U.S. to try the service. - News
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. - News
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. - News
Kaspersky inadvertently quarantines Windows Explorer
December 21, 2007 A false positive in company's antivirus products leads to quarantine or deletion of some Windows users' copies of explorer.exe. - News
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. - News
Microsoft launches Forefront Security beta
September 28, 2006 Software giant unveils public beta that is designed to use five antivirus technologies at the same time. - News
Microsoft hires McAfee antivirus veteran
August 17, 2006 Vincent Gullotto, former head of McAfee's Antivirus and Vulnerability Emergency Response Team, AVERT, will join Microsoft. - News
Microsoft launches Exchange '07, Forefront betas
July 24, 2006 "Home stretch" reached on Exchange server and Forefront antivirus service, with release set for late '06 or early '07. - News
Microsoft offers prank Blue Screen Of Death
November 14, 2006 A spoof screensaver of the IT nightmare is now available from Microsoft. Antivirus vendors are not amused. - News
Kaspersky update zaps Microsoft antivirus
February 22, 2006 Update to Kaspersky Lab antivirus software causes e-mail problems for some users of Microsoft's Antigen. - News
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. - News
Webroot expands beyond spyware niche
October 12, 2006 Partnership with Sophos lets company add antivirus to anti-spyware products as Microsoft readies Windows Vista. - News
CA antivirus deletes Windows 2003 file
September 5, 2006 Company's eTrust software detects Windows file as a virus and deletes it, causing servers to crash and fail to reboot. - News
Microsoft's antivirus package makes a splash
August 12, 2006 Aided by low introductory pricing, Windows Live OneCare lands No. 2 sales spot at U.S. stores in its debut month. - News
Chills at Microsoft's security huddle
July 24, 2006 Microsoft has quietly held meetings with top antivirus researchers for almost 10 years, but there's some unease now that Redmond is a rival. - News
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. - News
Will security firms detect police spyware?
July 17, 2007 A recent court case dealing with key loggers installed by the feds invites the question: will security companies put the interests of their customers first?Security firms on police spyware, in their own words - News
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. - News
Insecurity complex for Microsoft
July 24, 2006 A chill descends on Redmond's antivirus confabs. Also: From Patch Tuesday to "zero-day Wednesdays."
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