Second security rival knocks Microsoft's antispyware Defender
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A Microsoft security rival, PC Tools, posted test results today indicating Windows Defender, Microsoft's antispyware software, blocked only a portion of the malware thrown at it.
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SecurePoint's decision to hire the alleged author of the Sasser worm has upset a software partner.
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Broken by brute force and swiped from shelves The activation method used by Microsoft to protect Vista from piracy is under attack on multiple fronts.â¦
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DDoSing the enemy Security researchers have uncovered evidence of a turf war between rival criminal enterprises connected to two of the most sophisticated malware toolkits in current use.â¦
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Microsoft  is working to  hamstring software companies trying to overcome "inherent  weaknesses" in Windows security, rival McAfee Inc.   charged in a full-page ad in Monday's Financial Times.
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Some say Win XP SP2 enhancements cause conflicts, don't protect as claimed.
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Despite Microsoft's efforts to lock down the update, eEye finds a hole that could let an outsider run malicious software on a PC.
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InfoWorld - Four security software rivals are have teamed up to set a baseline standard for application security firewalls, challenging others in the industry to join them.
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What Redmond giveth, Redmond taketh away. Barely a week after settling an anti-trust suit with Novell over unfair practices designed to drive Netware out of the Enterprise and a few days since Novell slapped
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While security experts applaud Microsoft&#39;s recently released Service Pack 2, some companies that distribute their software over the Web are watching the product&#39;s introduction with dread and suspicion.
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Q: I understand that Microsoft&#39;s Service Pack 2 for Windows XP, a new update, includes improved firewall protection. I currently use Norton Personal Firewall; will any incompatibility result when both firewalls are installed?
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In an interview with BetaNews, Sophos senior security consultant Ron O'Brien talks about PatchGuard, a new Microsoft feature of Windows Vista that is the subject of a recent round of complaints by security vendor Symantec. While Symantec says PatchGuard gives Microsoft a platform for abusing its competitors, Sophos says it doesn't see a problem, for some compelling reasons.
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Microsoft adds another product to the list of those vulnerable to a critical bug patched nearly three weeks ago.
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Here is a comparison of Microsoft's Windows Live OneCare and upcoming products from Symantec and McAfee.
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Microsoft has beefed up its security portfolio by purchasing anti-spyware specialist Giant Company Software. A test version of a spyware protection, detection and removal tool based on Giant&#39;s
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Ziff Davis - Holes in KOffice and RealPlayer allow attackers to take over a user's system.
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The European Union's top competition   regulator clashed with Microsoft on Tuesday over security   upgrades in the U.S. software giant's new Windows Vista   operating system in a re-run of past antitrust battles.