Microsoft on Monday released another preview version of Windows Vista, adding a number of security features, as well as performance and user interface functions. Monday's release is the expected third Community Technology Preview (CTP) version of...
Yankee Group believes the number of critical security vulnerabilities that will hit users will be reduced by as much as 80 per cent and the impact of the remaining fraction significantly reduced. New security features in Windows Vista will largely...
We live in an age where malware is increasingly proving a threat across device platforms and not solely for web-connected PCs. Like the majority of PC makers, Dell switched nearly entirely to Windows Vista-based systems following the launch of the...
Some experts have said that counting vulnerabilities is not necessarily reliable as a measure of security. While Mac OS X had 234 highly critical vulnerabilities reported in 2007, Vista and XP combined had 23, Ou wrote.
Software giant Microsoft has claimed user "complacency" is to blame for malware infections, and denied that its Vista operating system is less secure than Windows 2000. However, recent research conducted with statistics from over 1.4 million...
Using mostly its own anti-malware technology, Microsoft will block emerging threats by masking the entire IE 8 browser screen with a warning to users. Perhaps the most anticipated addition is Internet Explorer's new anti-malware protection.