Gates: Microsoft to Tackle the Spyware Problem
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.âMicrosoft chairman Bill Gates says he&#39;s never had a computer virus, but that adware and malware have him ticked off enough that Microsoft plans to do something about them.
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Microsoft Corp. disclosed plans Thursday to offer frustrated users of its Windows software new tools within 30 days to remove spyware programs secretly running on computers. But it might cost extra in coming months.
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Microsoft is ready to tackle spyware and harmful computer files, but it's a move deep in irony.
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DECEMBER 20, 2004  - Microsoft Corp.&#39;s announcement last week that it has purchased a small vendor of antispyware tools serves to highlight the growing seriousness of the spyware problem for users, according to security analysts.
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Dec 20th, 2004: Microsoft&#39;s plans to offer new software to help customers cope with vulnerabilities following the take over of anti-spyware company Giant Company Software could be scuppered after Sunbelt Software claimed that its share in the company
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Microsoft Corp.'s chief executive believes it's naive to suggest the software giant can eliminate all security vulnerabilities in its various products even though engineers are trying hard to do so.
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Release of anti-spyware tool, promise of virus removal software could spell trouble for antivirus software companies.
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Although Microsoft has long been criticized for security flaws in its software, those days -- while not exactly over -- are receding, according to Scott Charney, corporate vice president of the company's Trustworthy Computing initiative. This is part 1 of a two-part interview.
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Microsoft is investigating a program that attempts to switch off the firm's anti-spyware software.
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Microsoft Corp.  will release a new version of Internet Explorer, the world's most popular Internet browsing software, with new, built-in security features, Chairman Bill Gates said on Tuesday.
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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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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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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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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 Corp.  began offering anti-spyware program downloads for Windows users on Thursday, taking the first step in offering its own computer security products and sending shares of security software vendors lower.
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(CBS/AP) Though Microsoft Corp.&#39;s new security update package is all about protecting systems from worms, viruses and spyware, it can&#39;t do much about what&#39;s already on computers - and that could pose a problem.
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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.