MBR Rootkit targets Windows users
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Fortunately, the risk to end users is low if system has been patched with Microsoft Updates.
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Microsoft releases two free programs designed to help users keep PCs free of viruses and spyware.
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To see the e-mail I get every day from readers about security issues is to develop a deep discomfort with the state of computing today. Keeping a Windows PC safe can demand a high degree of vigilance. -Rob Pegoraro
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Microsoft is testing a new feature on its Download Centre website that can lock out pirated copies of Windows. During the test period, users of Download Centre can opt to have the Windows software installed on their PCs validated as genuine.
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An 18-month-old flaw in Microsoft Windows -- patched by Microsoft in 2006 -- continues to allow hackers to infect PCs with advanced rootkits and launch infections from thousands of compromised Web sites.
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I can't urge you strongly enough to read the article entitled How Vista Lets Microsoft Lock Users In. It details how Microsoft has built into Vista the "trusted computing" ability to lock down Office files via DRM such that no unauthorized document reader will be able to decrypt and read them. This is perhaps one of the biggest hidden weapons Microsoft has in its arsenal that could sabotage Linux and OpenOffice.org if Microsoft succeeds in its attempt to plug SUSE and all Novell's "interoperability" bonuses.   Think of this, if you will, as the Tivoization of Office files, only with malicious intent.  Microsoft could, indeed, open up the document format completely and swear before God that it will never sue anyone for patent infringement.  However, this does not prevent Microsoft from locking Office files in such a way that only Vista users can read them.  No one else will be able to do so without the proper authorization, thus rendering the open format and Microsoft compatibility entirely meaningless.
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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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The popular skinning feature in Nullsoft&#39;s WinAmp media player has left the door wide open for malicious attackers to hijack PCs.
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Windows XP Service Pack 2 gets a 'hotfix' for VPNs, part of the \
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New utility from PivX keeps intruders out of Windows systems.
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Blog: Security researcher points to rootkit found in fingerprint authentication software in Sony's Micro Vault USB drive.
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By SEAN YOONG  PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia - Malaysian authorities have begun raiding computer retail outlets offering pirated software amid concerns that illegal copies of Microsoft Corp.'s newest operating system, Windows Vista, are already on sale.
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The User Account Control built into Windows Vista is supposed to help make the new operating system safer. But it can be spoofed, undermining the very mission for which it was created, according to Symantec.
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Windows Security Center may not know when your antivirus definitions are out of date.
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Windows users could soon be paying for Microsoft software that keeps their machine free of spyware.
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PC users are being warned about a password-stealing virus that hides deep inside Windows.
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UK users will be able to replace pirated versions of Windows that they have purchased. Software pirates&#39; increasing skill at creating counterfeit versions of Windows XP has prompted Microsoft to introduce