Microsoft Offers Virus-Removal Programs
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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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A software patch to protect your system is available from Microsoft.
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A false positive in company's antivirus products leads to quarantine or deletion of some Windows users' copies of explorer.exe.
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The free service pack is a major overhaul aimed at defeating a wide variety of security weaknesses that hackers have exploited. Microsoft says the easiest way to obtain
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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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Earlier this year Microsoft released a major security update for Windows XP, which was designed to strengthen the operating systemâs defences against attack from viruses and hackers.
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Hi-tech viruses and malicious software programmes -- or malware -- commonly infect computers the world over: filling mail boxes with spam, deleting e-mail addresses, damaging machines and costing billions to corporations.
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If you haven't updated your Windows computer in more than one year, you could be subjected to a barrage of unwanted adware.
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With viruses, worms, spyware, spam and phishing, running a computer this year -- especially one with Windows -- has often been a colossal headache. -Rob Pegoraro
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Microsoft Corp. yesterday released an unusually large number of software security updates to fix flaws in its products, some of which could be exploited to remotely take over computers running the Windows operating system.
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Have adware and spyware commandeered your computer? An extreme solution: erasing your hard drive and starting over.
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Antivirus company offers improved anti-spyware app to users for a fee.
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Microsoft is developing a product to remove adware and malicious software from PCs, the company&#39;s chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates has revealed.
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Malware arrives in the form of a game, disables antivirus protection.
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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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Is Microsoft's anti-malware giveaway part of a master plan to flush out software pirates?
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Could integrating antivirus software into Windows be the key to solving Microsoft&#39;s security woes or could the technology create more problems than it solves?