I&#39;ve had spyware but never a virus, Bill Gates says
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MICROSOFT SUPREMO Bill Gates has astounded IT hacks by telling them that he has never had a computer virus. We assume that he doesn&#39;t open his own emails, or is not actually connected to the Internet, but
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The United States has nothing to fear from rapidly growing technology markets in China and India, Bill Gates, chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft Corp.  said on Friday.
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Microsoft releases two free programs designed to help users keep PCs free of viruses and spyware.
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Spyware, those annoying programs that snoop on a user's actions, remain a Windows-only phenomenon.
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SAN FRANCISCO - In his swan song to an annual gathering of 15,000 computer security experts here Tuesday, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said the software giant has made giant strides in security. But he acknowledged that threats from malicious computer code and the proliferation of devices connected to the Internet have made security a moving target.
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Windows users who install Service Pack 2 should first scan their systems and remove any spyware, according to a Microsoft Executive.
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Seven months ago, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates vowed to &quot;help users be in control&quot; over the rampant spyware infesting Windows systems.
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Some of the largest anti-virus companies have virtually ignored the spyware problem because there is no profit incentive for them to do otherwise. Meanwhile, spyware companies make millions.
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SPAM could become a thing of the past in around two years&#39; time, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said on a visit to Madrid. &quot;Spam is a major security problem,&quot; Mr Gates said, noting that progress had been made in the fight against unsolicited mail.
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The Microsoft Corp. chairman receives 4 million e-mails a day, but practically an entire department at the company he founded is dedicated to ensuring that nothing unwanted gets into his inbox, the company&#39;s chief executive said Thursday.
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Pirated Microsoft Corp software  helped Romania to build a vibrant technology industry, Romanian  President Traian Basescu told the company's co-founder Bill  Gates on Thursday.
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EDITOR&#39;S NOTE: This is the first of a two-part series on the spyware epidemic. NEW YORK - David Eckstein turned on his computer one day and launched his Web browser, just as he had every day.
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The malware/adware threat is great enough, Gates said, that Microsoft is investing &quot;hundreds of millions&quot; of its $5 billion annual R&amp;D budget toward solving it.
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Security rival says Microsoft is withholding spyware APIs for the Windows update, but the software giant denies it.
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Microsoft Corp., whose popular Windows software is a frequent target for Internet viruses, is offering a free security program to remove the most dangerous infections from computers.
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Researchers who have been probing the Storm Trojan in an effort to fight it said they aren't afraid of the malware, despite comments to the contrary this week from Josh Corman of IBM's Internet Security Systems Inc.
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Windows computing environments are cheaper, more secure, and lower risk than those based on Linux and open-source software, CEO Steve Ballmer asserts in an E-mail sent Wednesday to Microsoft&#39;s customers and partners.