Microsoft Spyware Acquisition Hits Ownership Snag
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Microsoft&#39;s big move into the anti-spyware business has hit an immediate speed bump, with questions swirling around a Florida company&#39;s claim that it co-owns the Giant AntiSpyware codeâand all future definition updatesâthat Microsoft purchased earlier
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Although as many as 90 percent of US home computers have been infected with spyware at some time, a majority of PC owners don&#39;t know how to solve the problem, according to a poll released Friday.
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The latest version of Microsoft office for Macs incorrectly assigns ownership of some of its files when it's installed, causing a potential security problem for companies that are using the business suite.
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Microsoft today announced that it has acquired Giant Software, a provider of anti-spyware and Internet security products. Microsoft said it will use intellectual property and technology assets from the.
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A legal row over software ownership could hinder Microsoft&#39;s ability to offer products based on technology from its latest acquisition, anti-spyware company Giant Company Software.
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Following the takeover of anti-spyware firm Giant, Microsoft said it would soon release a toolkit that strips machines of the irritating programs.
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Microsoft has jumped into the anti-spyware market, but is this a new approach to thwarting bugs, or are they gearing up to profit from an industry they helped create?
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Big Bill's bruisers buy their way out of the spyware mess.
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European antitrust regulators worry that Microsoft could dominate the burgeoning market for digital rights management software
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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15 -- Stepping up its fight against computer threats at the risk of alienating security businesses, Microsoft Corp. announced Tuesday it will give away a program to combat privacy-stealing and PC-clogging spyware and other virtual pests.
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Microsoft is investigating a program that attempts to switch off the firm's anti-spyware software.
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Stepping up its fight against computer threats at the risk of alienating security businesses, Microsoft Corp. said yesterday it will give away a program to combat privacy-stealing and PC-clogging spyware and other virtual pests.
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Microsoft announced today that it had bought New York software company Giant Company Software, which produces a robust anti-spyware tool.
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If you have spyware installed on your computer system and you update your operating system with the latest Windows XP Service pack 2 (SP2) update, your computer could possibly freeze.
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InfoWorld - As pests, adware, and other malicious applications infiltrate corporate computers with greater frequency, some vendors, including McAfee and Computer Associates, are bundling anti-spyware into security management suites, giving IT more tools to control the hazard.
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Microsoft has purchased Giant Company Software of New York, which makes software to detect a common form of malicious software programs known as &quot;spyware,&quot; Microsoft said Thursday.
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For millions of PC users, the privacy-snatching programs known as spyware have been nothing but a headache as they swipe personal information, slow systems to a crawl and crash computers.