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• Symantec: Our security savvy will beat Microsoft

  Symantec will fight off Microsoft's security software challenge by being better at coming up with new ideas, the company's CEO said on Monday.

• McAfee unafraid of Microsoft's 'part-time' security effort

  Antivirus firm McAfee's president believes the company will be able to compete with Microsoft after the software giant launches its OneCare Live security products -- because security is not something you can do "part-time".

• Microsoft puts its stamp on e-mail security

  Microsoft is expected to launch updated and renamed Antigen e-mail security products, nearly a year after completing the takeover of their maker, Sybari.

• Microsoft to buy antivirus software firm

  Microsoft plans to acquire Sybari Software, marking its latest effort to bolster its presence in the corporate security market.

• Details of Microsoft antivirus software leak out

  An executive of Microsoft in France divulged on Wednesday some of the software maker's plans for its highly anticipated entry into the antivirus software market.

Features and Case Studies (24)

• FAQ: Windows on a Mac

  There are some strings attached to running Microsoft's OS on a Mac -- including Windows security risks, Apple says.

• SP2's new firewall: Not good enough

  Microsoft's new firewall offering, included in Windows XP Service Pack 2, has a long way to go to match established products from Zone Labs and other players. Additional reading: XP SP2: The good, bad and ugly

• Check Point's optimistic pessimist

  Gil Shwed, Check Point Software CEO, weighs in on who's winning the war of attrition between virus writers and security companies.

• Beware the Microsoft 'monoculture': Symantec

  Without diversity in security software for Windows, computers running the Microsoft operating system will be sitting ducks, Symantec CEO John Thompson warns.

• Should you outsource your antivirus/antispam systems?

  MSBlast has reaffirmed the importance of virus control. The option of outsourcing your AS/AV systems is getting stronger as the complexity and severity of spam and virus problems grow.

Reviews (9)

• Eight e-mail virus scanners tested

  We look at eight mail-server plugins designed to make sure your servers don't take a beating the next time one comes along.

• Microsoft an antivirus vendor? I doubt it

  Despite its purchase of GeCad, a Romanian antivirus vendor, the software giant will continue to do what it does best--and the rest of the antivirus industry can breathe easy.

• Windows Vista pros and cons

  The decision for some small business users to upgrade to Microsoft Windows Vista once it becomes available in early 2007 will depend largely on what the new operating system can do for you and what hardware you have to run it on.

• Analysis: Microsoft's OS update

  Underneath the sheen, what's Windows Vista made of? We take a detailed look at the recently delayed operating system.

• Is Mac OS X weaker than Windows?

  Alarmist advice and unbacked claims by security software vendor Symantec has the Macintosh community up in arms.

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