Microsoft Software to Remove Spyware
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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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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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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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Comprehensive security programs that include firewall software, spyware defenses and diagnostic and repair tools are necessay to keep a PC in good health these days. -The Washington Post
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Microsoft Corp. today announced that it has acquired GIANT Company Software Inc., a provider of top-rated anti-spyware and Internet security products.
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According to a story on CNN&#39;s Web site, the software giant&#39;s recent acquisition of anti-spyware company GIANT might mean users have to pay in order to benefit from the added security to Microsoft applications.
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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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Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O 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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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; the software giant says.
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Antivirus company offers improved anti-spyware app to users for a fee.
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Is Microsoft's anti-malware giveaway part of a master plan to flush out software pirates?
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The Federal Trade Commission won an important victory last week in its fight to protect consumers from spyware, the software that tracks unsuspecting Web surfers, bombards them with advertisements and sometimes even steal login information and passwords.
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PC Magazine - Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool detected 150 percent more phishing scams in early 2007, according to a Microsoft report.
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Microsoft is warning Windows XP users to check for and remove any spyware that may be installed on computer systems before installing the Windows XP service pack 2 (SP2), security update.
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Companies are accused of infecting PCs, and then selling spyware-blocking 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.