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    Microsoft has corrected a mistake in its anti-spyware product that flagged some Symantec security tools as malicious software.

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    A new worm that propagates by exploiting security vulnerabilities in Web server software is attacking Linux systems, warned antivirus companies on Monday in the United States.

  • Anti-virus makers catch up to WMF bug

    While users wait for a Microsoft fix, many anti-virus products will protect PCs against attacks that exploit a recently disclosed Windows flaw, but not all.

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    Computer security vendor Symantec has opened test versions of two of its Norton 2009 products to the public.

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  • Microsoft flagged Symantec software as spyware

    Microsoft has corrected a mistake in its anti-spyware product that flagged some Symantec security tools as malicious software.

  • Cybersecurity's changing face

    Symantec CEO John Thompson says the rapid evolution of cyberattacks is forcing a new calculus of considerations among customers as well as software security providers.

  • Is Windows still relevant?

    In the increasingly Google-YouTube-Web 2.0 age we inhabit, it's become fashionable to dismiss Windows as a relic.

  • Dangerous trojan in SoBig.F worm?

    The worst part of SoBig.F may not be that it is spreading quickly and bogging down networks. Several antivirus companies have discovered that this worm carries a hidden Trojan.

  • The secure Mac: myth or legend?

    Apple computers have built a solid reputation on being virus-free, but is the reality different from the image?

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