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• Security firms slam Microsoft 'capitulation'

  Major security companies have criticised Microsoft's OneCare security software and the software giant's decision to stop charging for the offering.

• McAfee CEO: Adware is killing AV blacklisting

  Traditional security products which employ signature-based blacklisting technology are no longer effective because of a massive increase in malware, according to the CEO of McAfee, Dave De Walt.

• Yahoo search flags dangerous Web sites

  Yahoo is using McAfee's SiteAdvisor to warn users of harmful Web sites appearing in its search results but a security researcher warns the technology has a repuation for giving false positives.

• 2007: How was it for Apple?

  ZDNet Australia takes an iLook at the Year that was for Apple.

• Google calls for users to report malicious sites

  Google is hoping users of its search engine will report "bad sites" to help the company fight criminals exploiting the company's infrastructure to distribute malware.

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  Naked Mac versus protected PC: What wins?

  What's easier to manage 200 Mac OS X systems without antivirus or 200 Windows systems running a leading antivirus package?

Features and Case Studies (6)

• Spyware tunnels in on Winamp flaw

  A security bug in Winamp is being exploited by miscreants to install spyware on machines running the media player software, experts have warned.

• Servers keep churning in ID theft case

  An estimated 27,000 people have been affected by an identity theft ring that was discovered earlier this month, according to Sunbelt Software, the security company that uncovered the operation.

• Need help with lost passwords?

  The bane of an IT professional's life is when administrator passwords are lost, stolen, or simply forgotten. But help is here -- we show you the tools required to recover them.

• Moving to Linux may not save money -- yet

  Wholesale migration to Linux software could cost some companies more than an upgrade to their Unix or Windows systems.

• Microsoft tweaks troubled licensing plan

  Microsoft angered its customers and now it wants to make good.

Reviews (7)

• Sunbelt CounterSpy 2.0

  In its first appearance, CounterSpy was the only antispyware product that correctly identified every piece of spyware in our current active-detection test.

• Ad-Aware 2007

  Lavasoft Ad-Aware 2007 came in dead last in our CNET antispyware testing. Ad-Aware failed to detect half of the test spyware, and unlike nine out of the 10 other antispyware apps we reviewed in December 2007, left behind traces for all but one spyware.

• Pop those pop-ups: Six packages tested

  Fed up with pop-up ads? We review six ad-free browser apps, each with its own method of removing annoying solicitations.

• Slam that spam: 7 packages tested

  If you are drowning in spam, help is available from software and e-mail services that block unwanted mail. Some work better than others. Here's a look at seven antispam apps and services.

• SharePoint shacks up with Office

  Microsoft says it will fold its SharePoint business portal software into its Office System product line.

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