Experts agree that Microsoft's Windows Vista is relatively well-protected but its security features — such as User Account Control (UAC) — have been highlighted by security experts as one reason why the operating system is far less popular than its predecessor, Windows XP.
Around 70 percent of Windows Vista on home systems are infected with malware, according to PC Tools, which claims the figure is so high because UAC is very annoying and users are disabling the security feature.
A hacking competition will attempt to prove that signature-based antivirus is dead but security vendors say, apart from signatures, antivirus is alive and well.
A Flash flaw discovered this month could change the face of Web security by allowing criminals to infect users of any browser or operating system with malware — without making their browser or application crash.
Russia has passed China to become the largest generator of spyware and other malicious code, according to a report.
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Application-server software may not be sexy, but under CEO Alfred Chuang, BEA Systems has elbowed aside rivals to become the market's leader.
A security start-up is borrowing a technique from the research labs to try to give Internet Explorer PCs relief from Web-based attacks.
Spyware is gaining more mindshare amongst IT departments and security vendors alike. We round up eight tools that take on the undercover software.
With its quick scanning and multiple tools for stopping malware before it infects your computer, Spyware Doctor is a solid spyware remover.
It used to be we had to buy new PCs every couple of years just to keep up with the software, but that isn't really true anymore. So, is there any good reason to upgrade your hardware?
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