Microsoft partner: Vista less secure than XP
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| Symantec has claimed that PatchGuard is hurting security vendors more
| than it was hurting malware writers. Bruce McCorkendale, a chief
| engineer at Symantec, said: "There are types of security policies
| and next-generation security products that can only work through
| some of the mechanisms that PatchGuard prohibits."
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http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Microsoft_partner_Vista_less_secure_than_XP/0,130061733,339274261,00.htm
Related:
Live Onecare loses own antivirus and a new kernel in SP1
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| Onecare is an antivirus application as well as antispyware and
| antiphishing and lord knows what else not-very-well-tested
| additional functionality. So Onecare effectively lost track of
| some parts of itself. What is it with Microsoft, they're
| definitely getting worse.
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http://crunchysoftware.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/live-onecare-loses-own-antivirus-and-a-new-kernel-in-sp1/
http://tinyurl.com/2ely8a
Microsoft confirms OneCare zaps Outlook, Outlook Express e-mail
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| Microsoft Corp. has acknowledged that a bug in its Windows Live
| OneCare security suite has been causing users' e-mail to vanish
| from Outlook and Outlook Express.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9012499
Botnet 'pandemic' threatens to strangle the net
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| Cerf estimated that between 100 million and 150 million of the
| 600 million PCs on the internet are under the control of hackers,
| the BBC reports.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/26/botnet_threat/
Microsoft bugs found in Internet Explorer 7, Vista
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| Microsoft has yet to release any patches for the weaknesses
| and did not respond to a request for comment.
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http://www.scmagazine.com/us/news/article/636238/microsoft-bugs-found-internet-explorer-7-vista/
Microsoft takes a 'Patch Tuesday' break
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| Microsoft has no new security updates planned for Tuesday, despite
| at least five zero-day vulnerabilities that are waiting to be fixed.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6165647.html
Vista still vulnerable
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| Vulnerabilities in Windows Vista will plague users in coming months
| and years, a prominent security researcher warns, despite its
| security improvements over predecessor XP.
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http://www.smh.com.au/news/security/vista-still-vulnerable/2007/02/26/1172338546822.html
http://tinyurl.com/2o82lf
Flaw found in Office 2007
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| Researchers have discovered a "highly critical" security flaw in
| newly released Office 2007, despite Microsoft's efforts to deliver
| its most secure version yet of the productivity software.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6161835.html
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