Microsoft plans to offer its own anti-spyware software, chairman Bill Gates said. Gates said Microsoft will offer software to detect malicious applications and that the company will keep it up-to-date on an ongoing basis.
It found that a program called 'CoolWebSearch', which avoids detection by many anti-spyware tools, was the most widespread "threat" it found. Richard Stiennon, Webroot’s vice-president of threat research, said: "Our research shows that some form of...
The next version of Microsoft's much-criticised Internet Explorer browser is being built to resist hijacking attempts by spyware and other malicious software, according to a Microsoft developer. The feature essentially removes administrator rights...
Allowing staff to plug in any kind of portable storage, whether it's an iPod, camera, USB stick or external drive, creates a situation which could easily be abused, said Burton, arguing that data leaving the organisation poses a far greater threat...
To plug a hole in its intrusion-prevention product, eEye Digital Security may adopt the Clam AntiVirus project and improve the open source software.eEye's Blink intrusion-prevention product includes system- and application-level firewalls and...
We still use antivirus, we still use anti-spyware, those are key elements. I can go download spyware or Kazaa onto my PC, John is going to take care of it, it is not really my deal? The Cisco Security Agent is] single-handedly the most important...