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Microsoft blocks pirates from Security Essentials antivirus
Microsoft will block users running counterfeit copies of Windows from installing the free Security Essentials antivirus software, the head of the company's anti-piracy group has said.
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Rivals mock Microsoft Security Essentials download
Although one of the top consumer security vendors welcomed Microsoft's Security Essentials to the market, another dismissed the new free software as a "poor product" that will "never be up to snuff."
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UK phishing attacks double
Phishing attacks on UK consumers have more than doubled for the first quarter of this year, according to Apacs, the UK payment association.
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Windows pirates get IE7 amnesty
Windows pirates can now download and run Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft has said.
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Gloves come off in anti-virus dispute
The war of words between Russian anti-virus vendor Kaspersky Lab and rival Rising Tech, has intensified after Kaspersky slapped a defamation lawsuit on the Chinese anti-virus provider following its recent controversial comments.
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Win Defender ineffective against Vista
Users who rely on Vista's new security features and Microsoft's Windows Defender anti-spyware product may still find themselves unprotected. That's according to a study by Webroot, an anti-spyware vendor and Microsoft competitor.
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Vista's UAC security is hopeless, says Symantec
A key security feature of Windows Vista, User Account Control (UAC) is still nearly unusable, Symantec has said.
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Microsoft labels Google's Gmail as virus
Microsoft's fledgling consumer anti-virus service, Windows Live OneCare, wrongly identified Google's Gmail service as a virus infection last week, Microsoft has admitted.
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Gartner predicts rise of rootkits
Gartner forecasts trouble with rootkits, ID theft.
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UK tops spyware infection charts
Spyware is on the up after a lull.
