Stepping up its fight against computer threats at the risk of alienating security businesses, Microsoft announced Tuesday it will give away a program to combat privacy-stealing and PC-clogging spyware and other virtual pests.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates also unveiled plans to release antivirus tools for consumers and make a major security upgrade to its Internet Explorer Web browser. At the same time, he showed off new software for businesses to combat security threats.
The moves are part of a wide-ranging effort by the world's largest software maker to improve the security and reliability of its Windows operating system and other programs, which have become favorite targets of hackers, virus writers and other malware creators.
Gates said Internet Explorer 7.0, with new anti-spyware features, will be released for preliminary testing this summer.
The move comes three years after Microsoft, the world's biggest software company, launched a major initiative to improve the reliability and security of its software, which runs on about 90 percent of all personal computers.
jeje seems that billy is getting afraid of the whole community of the open source specially to the firefox and mozilla community. I havent seen an open sorce antispyware but i am pretty sure one (if there is not yet) will be submitted in sourceforge as one of the main leaders in taking open source to the next level.
Microsoft's antispayware doesnt have unique features, there are betters and well the only problem Microsoft must solve is this big and ugly problem of adwares and spywares, because of the use of his OS we should be given highly protected software and not patches as they have been doing, i hate when they say "ho! IE has some security holes, but if you download this software that slows down to your computer we ensure that you wont have any problems at least for some days till we release another patch" and they just keep saying about security and then you realize that you should have a bunch of programs to in order have a "real" protection.
What i think Billy should do is to contract these guys from Mozilla working for him and Firefox takes the place of IE, sounds crazy but it is a little beter than having firewalls, antispywares, antiviruses and so on when all can be solved with a fully preotected browser.
Oh yay, another chance to jump on the 'Microsoft Sucks LOL' bandwagon.
Notice how old this thread is? You should probably try and find more recently active threads to participate in. Anyway, I have never used Microsoft's anti-spyware solution(s?), so I can't really comment on it with any authority - but I would imagine that since they created Windows, they would know more about the operating system than any other software development company, and therefore could target areas of weakness which other developers do not yet know about.
And the man's name is not 'Billy'. I'm not a huge fan of Microsoft or their policies either, but it irritates me when people thinks it makes them special to throw petty insults at the company or the co-founder.
There are so many better programs other than those provided by microsoft. Also many people use firefox and the such because it is so much better. I personally only use one microsft program and that is windows and even that gives me problems, imagine a anti-spyware program, it most probably helps spyware get in.
Someone has to be really crazy to trust in a Microsoft product to deal with spyware. To me it seems like an april´s fool joke but unfortunately I am used to the Bill Gates´special sense of humor. Oh yeah... I think I´ll try it... in my worst enemy´s computer.
Maybe it will turn good, but don't know how much. Think of it... Windows has so much of lacking in security... and now Anti-Spyware comes from it? Maybe a joke, but maybe a new step to perfection. Who knowS?
Personally I think they are wasting their time, there are pleanty of other programs on the web that probably do a better job, I think microsoft should concentrate more on making their operating systems better and more stable.
I dont even use anti virus software or firewalls as I think there is no point, I havent being using them for a while now as they just get in the way and my system is fine
Sprnknwn: i realy lought at your post but its true... everything is like that. I would rater install some trojan horse and known that im vulnerable then using that M$ thingie and dont know you get the point.
btw its free... lol they are not stupid, who will use such program and pay for it.
I think Microsoft's move to have such free anti-spyware program should have been done a long time ago. They know that there are security issues regarding Windows, so they should have added the program when they released WindowsXP. I hope this could remove the idea to people's mind that Microsoft Windows is a Spyware operating system.
I have AVG anti-virus on my PC, and a few weeks back it found a trojan virus on my pc. It put it
into the virus vault but could not heal it. How do I completly remove a trojan virus? Or even can
I? Do I have to download specific software to remove it, or is there some more complexe way of
going in to the system?...
I am one guy who has always beleaved that when MS made XPsp2 they raised the standards for them
selves. the package was just too good for their own good. When Sp3 came out I didnt hesitate to
download it and what did I get? The first thing that i noticed was I could no longer use remote
desktop. i'm sure this has since been rectified in RC2 but it realy turned me off. I never
realised any gains in the SP. Still on the subject I found Adrian Kingsley-Hughes' blog titled
' XP SP3 performance gains - Nothing to write home about ' interesting He wrote: QU...
I found out that AVG Free version isn't eliminating even trojan viruses. I only have this free
version from protecting my system. Is it okay to install one more anti-virus software on top of this
AVG Free version which is already installed and updated to the latest version? I have the option of
installing Norton Anti-virus 2005. Will it cause any problem since the two softwares may use the
same source from the computer, if I install this one? Do you recommend that I should uninstall
first the existing software and install the new one? Will Norton Anti-virus 2005 ...
I want to lnow which one is the best anti-virus program because i'm having serious problems
regarding all these viruses and spywares.So i want to know which is the best one around which i
should use...
Viruses, spyware, malware, adware, and all that extraneous bull that we have to deal with nowadays
are becoming more frequent. Obviously we don't want this crap on our computers so I advise you
take precautions. * Avoid downloading anything from sites or people you don't know. Duh. *
Don't even bother looking at attachments in spam. Duh. * If you receive an e-mail from someone
you don't know, don't click on any of the links. Duh. * Anything other than a multimedia
file or a text file is able to harbor extra crap you're not going to want. This ...
Wup i just finished sweeping my pc with spysweeper, cause a spyware totally infected my pc, the
damm thing disabled my wallaper, i could only change a color, plus damaged norton, change my home
page, and installed a spysherrif program that was supposed to removed the spyware, of course you
need to buy it, plus installed a thing that every3 minutes show me a message in the minitray(righ
down corner), like if it was from windows, that tells me that my pc is infected. SpySweeper
apparently removed all the thing, but i still cant change my wallpaper, someone please hellp ...
SOURCE Well it seems that Microsoft found a huge hole in MSN Messenger that was bad enough that
they want people to upgrade to the current Messenger which is Live 8.1 or something like that. As
for details on the problem they just said the following, "..which let hackers embed malicious code
in Web chat invitations to users." and that they found this problem in "6.2, 7.0 and 7.5, as well as
Windows Live Messenger 8.0." Although it was interesting to know that people were actually
complaining about Live Messenger being a resource hog, well the last time I check msn w...
Although I am bit surprise that no one really take about way back then, but it seems the hackers and
crackers I starting to use the microsoft update downloading to transmit there malware and torjans to
compromised computers. The reason being is that the Microsoft update program bypasses firewall
security protocals and so when that malware is getting download, your firewall and virus programs
will not pick it up. I know a few people turn it off and either download them manually or don't
download them at all. So to toss out a warning, when you get he windows update ...
Since the beginning of 2007 a lot of the security reports I have been reading have mentioning about
hackers using rootkits to get into people's computers. Google defines a rootkit as a set of
programs used to hack into a system and gain administrative-level access. Once a program has gained
access, it can be used to monitor traffic and keystrokes; create a backdoor into the system for the
hacker's use; alter log files; attack other machines on the network; and alter existing system
tools to circumvent detection. Rootkits are an extreme form of System Modificatio...
My uncle said Microsoft are going to be sending viruses out via Windows Updates, he said if you do
not have a genuine computer and you validate it you may get a virus. He said someone from PC World
told him. I'm not exactly sure so don't go crazy, but just to tell you it may be true, maybe
not....
My eyes have been completely opened to all this spyware/Trojan junk... /ph34r.gif"
style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":ph34r:" border="0" alt="ph34r.gif" /> I'm behind a
hardware firewall in my Router----running Windows firewall----using the very latest Nortons AV....
I seem very secure against "viruses" /blink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":blink:"
border="0" alt="blink.gif" /> But this spyware/trojan thing..... /tongue.gif"
style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":P" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" /> Oh my! /ohmy.gif"
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Hey guys all of a sudden in the last two days my computer has just been attacked by all types of
malicous software! and im not even kidding when almost instantly it went from running with out a
hitch to so much slow down and so many pop ups i had to run avg. 648 virus and trojans! All
deleted or moved to the vault, thought i was out of the woods than i ran adaware 202 Critical and
malicous objects I deleted them then i ran adaware again got over a hundred bad things again after
the restart and then ran adaware as well and after deleting over 1000 bad things I wa...
ezyreward.com really is bad. The surveys they want you to take to get prizes(like a free domain name
from Optionom.com) got me a virus/spyware. Website: *******.net(I blocked the full website address
so hackers won't use this website to give people viruses/spyware) Also..... There's a code
online for VB(not VBScript) that makes a popup blocker. If you do VB, you could compile it for your
own use. LINK: http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.Asp?ID=3921 Download code(ZIP):
http://www.freevbcode.com/source/NoPopUp.zip Hope you like it /smile.gif" style="vertica...
Firstly, here's a definately of a RootKit. QUOTE A set of software tools frequently used by
a third party (usually an intruder) after gaining access to a computer system. These tools are
intended to conceal running processes, files or system data, which helps an intruder maintain access
to a system without the user's knowledge. Rootkits are known to exist for a variety of operating
systems such as Linux, Solaris and versions of Microsoft Windows. Hence from this defination, we
know that RootKit is not something you would want on your computer. RootKits w...
What it is A exploit in the buggy OS of XP has been found, this one concering DHCP. OS effected
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Server SP4 Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP2 Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP3 Microsoft
Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP4 Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Microsof...
QUOTE Microsoft has alerted users of a virus that enters PCs through the PowerPoint program. The
virus attaches itself to a contaminated presentation that when accessed installs a keylogging
software on a computer. Users are being warned to take precautions because Microsoft patch that
guards against the security loophole will still be tentatively released on August 8. Reports say
the virus has infected relatively few people with the poisoned presentation. Malicious hackers used
the bug found in PowerPoint 2000, 2002 and 2003. Security experts report that the vir...
McAfee Finds Lots Of World Cup Related Spyware As the world cup season draws to an end,
many of us may have downloaded ample amounts of World Cup merchandise from the internet to show our
support for our home nation. Some of us may've downloded themes for our computer which probably
consisted a few wallpapers or even screensavers. Nothing wrong with that? Security firm McAffee®
says differently. It google searched, "world cup screensaver" followed by 736 popular footballers
and recorded for each player how many dangerous sites came up when you typed tha...
I have found a great tool that removes mostly annoying Viruses and spyware Microsoft releases an
updated version of this tool on the second Tuesday of each month, and as needed to respond to
security incidents. You can run the tool from that Web page anytime or download it to your computer.
Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool ...
BlueSecurity advertises itself as a method to counter-act spam, today I received an email, which
looks very suspicious (Which isnt from BlueSecurity btw). Has anyone received an email like this as
well? I already de-installed BlueSecurity ages ago because the program made my Firefox crash very
often, but emails like this make me scared, really scared. Seeing they can obtain my email because
I'm signed up for BlueSecurity, I wonder what spammers would and also could, do with it.
QUOTE She was coming down the hallway now.One was suspending something (the typewrite...
Microsoft Ships First Vista Security Patches http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1911406,00.asp
QUOTE Microsoft Corp. has shipped the first critical security update for Windows Vista, the
next version of its flagship operating system. Over the weekend, the company released patches for
beta testers running the Windows Vista December CTP (Community Technology Preview) and Windows Vista
Beta 1, and warned that the new operating system was vulnerable to a remote code execution flaw in
the Graphics Rendering Engine. A Microsoft spokesperson told eWEEK that the Vi...
I got this information from mailing list. yesterday I didn't know why my pc always heavy to be
loaded. and now i got the answer read Firefox Flaws For A Simple Way. if you use Mozilla
Firefox 1.5 as your default browser. type Ctrl+Alt+del or open Task Manager. You will see how much
memory being used by firefox. QUOTE(www.informationweek.com) On December 8, 2005, we published
a story that wondered: Firefox 1.5: Not Ready For Prime Time? In response, some 450 (and climbing)
InternetWeek, InformationWeek, TechWeb Pipelines, and Scot's Newsletter readers ha...
Now,i wanna introduce a Sourceforge project, Clam Win free Anti-virus. if you use linux then i think
you won't strange with Clamav enginee http://clamav.net and for win the project is:
http://clamwin.com http://clamwin.org from sourceforge is: softmap->secruity->1st one. and i
'm admining about 8 computer rooms,about 600 computers.and there is no licensed anti-virus for
them.so i went to sourceforge searching for some secruity and i find the ClamWin Free Anti-virus.
this afternoon i just tried that on 3 computers,gave some details about that: 1.the lates...
I just wondering about what kind of virusscan you like and have. I have Panda Titanium Anti-Virus
2004. It's very friendly and the service is super. I had Norton 2003 when I bought this pc ( pc
is old 3 years). I don't like Norton I get more virusses then Norton the virus destroys. Here
a demo of Panda Anti-Virus www.pandasoftware.com...
I just want to know is there any good free software out these which basically gives you real-time
spyware protection. Something that will detect the spyware even before it enters you computer. And
once it detects it will automatically remove it. Has anyone used Spyware Blaster. Is it any good?...
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5893344.html?tag=nl.e589 Here is another proof that the words
'Windows' and 'Security' simply cannot go together... And yet another good reason
for installing and start using Linux... Cheers! KoYoda...
Microsoft Internet Explorer COM Objects File Download Exploit (MS05-038)
/*+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Ms05 038 exploit POC Write By ZwelL 2005 8 11
http://www.donews.net/zwell zwell@sohu.com Some code belongs to Lion(cnhonker), regards to him.
This code tested on Windows 2003 -----------------------------------------------*/ #include
#include #pragma comment(lib, "ws2_32") // Use for find the ASM code #define PROC_BEGIN __asm
_emit 0x90 __asm _emit 0x90\ __asm _emit 0x90 __asm _emit 0x90\ __asm _emit 0x90 __asm
_emit 0x90\...
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