Microsoft has said that its Live OneCare security suite has "a problem" with the underlying antivirus code, and admitted that security is just "a little part of Microsoft".
Microsoft's security ambitions don't stop with the consumer. The company also has an eye on the multibillion-dollar enterprise security market.
Microsoft plans to start selling Windows OneCare Live in the US on Thursday, three years after it announced its intent to move into the antivirus space.
Microsoft has spent billions of dollars in recent years to secure its software. Now it's payback time.
Microsoft plans to ship a new security product in June, charging US$49.95 a year to shield up to three PCs against viruses, spyware and other cyberthreats, the company said on Tuesday in the United States.
The Security Center in the Windows Vista October Community Technical Preview (CTP) is sporting a status bar titled Spyware Protection. Here's a closer look at the Spyware Protection status bar and explore the implications of it presence.
Product marks company's entry into market for desktop security products for businesses, but not much is known about it yet.
The software giant has been scooping up companies in the security field, but analysts wonder what it all adds up to.
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One big reason viruses are still rampant on the Net: Too many people don't use antivirus software. The way to get them to change their ways is to make that software free.
One big reason viruses are still rampant on the Net: Too many people don't use antivirus software. The way to get them to change their ways is to make that software free.
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.
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