Microsoft's Anti-Virus Strategy Keeps Users Guessing

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Users Weigh In on Microsoft's Enterprise
App Strategy

Users Weigh In on Microsoft's Enterprise
App Strategy 06/08/2004 08:57 AM
From Microsoft Watch: Microsoft's disclosure that it talked merger with SAP is leading some already skeptical users to question Redmond's claims that it had no immediate designs on the enterprise application market.

Secure Resolutions Upgrades Their
Anti-Virus Engine to Include
Anti-Spyware, Anti-Adware, Anti-Dialers,
Anti-Hoaxes, Anti-Jokes, and
Anti-Hacking Tools

Secure Resolutions Upgrades Their
Anti-Virus Engine to Include
Anti-Spyware, Anti-Adware, Anti-Dialers,
Anti-Hoaxes, Anti-Jokes, and
Anti-Hacking Tools 06/05/2005 11:14 PM
Secure Resolutions desktop security (Resolution Antivirus™) automatically detects and eliminates all types of viruses, worms, Trojans Horses, dialers, hoaxes, jokes, and hacking tools within a managed desktop security solution. [PRWEB Jun 2, 2005]

Computer users urged to update
anti-virus software

Computer users urged to update
anti-virus software 01/03/2004 09:34 AM
e-Media Jan 3 2004 8:11AM ET

Microsoft Creates Anti-Virus Bounty To
Help Track Down Virus Writers

Microsoft Creates Anti-Virus Bounty To
Help Track Down Virus Writers 11/05/2003 10:59 AM
What do you if you're in an unchartered area with no reasonable law enforcement, and criminals are running rampant? You convince everyone to become the "enforcement" arm and find someone rich enough to pay them to help fight crime. Microsoft can't be bothered to fix a few of the holes in their programs that make it incredibly easy to pass on viruses, so instead, they're setting aside $5 million for anti-virus bounty hunters who can track down anyone responsible for worms, trojan horses or viruses. The rewards will be given out in $250,000 wads of cash from Bill Gates wallet increments. So, now, who's going to round up an anti-virus posse?

Olive Powers Hosting Services with
Anti-virus & Anti-spam

Olive Powers Hosting Services with
Anti-virus & Anti-spam 09/04/2004 03:04 AM
Olive Web Hosting, a full-service division of Olive e-Business, offers a state-of-the-art anti-virus cover, an anti-spam gateway, plus a suite of other features one needs most for robust, secure and hassle-free hosting. [PRWEB Sep 4, 2004]

Microsoft Offers Free Anti-Virus,
Anti-Spyware

Microsoft Offers Free Anti-Virus,
Anti-Spyware 01/06/2005 09:49 PM
Information Week Jan 7 2005 1:14AM GMT

Microsoft's Strategy Memos

Microsoft's Strategy Memos 04/29/2004 12:04 PM

Documents reveal Microsoft's SAP
strategy

Documents reveal Microsoft's SAP
strategy 06/30/2004 09:52 AM
ZDNet UK Jun 30 2004 1:53PM GMT

Microsoft's strategy: Blur the F/OSS
vocabulary

Microsoft's strategy: Blur the F/OSS
vocabulary 08/10/2004 09:44 PM
Is Microsoft getting away with pulling the term open source under its larger "shared source" umbrella? This story suggests so. But I've yet to read of anyone outside of the company characterize things that way. A little background: Microsoft's released...

More to Microsoft's Media Strategy Than
Just MSN Music

More to Microsoft's Media Strategy Than
Just MSN Music 09/03/2004 09:52 AM
In the midst of the MSN Music shuffle, a couple of other key Microsoft announcements got somewhat buried: Windows Media Player 10 and Windows Portable Media Center.

More on Microsoft's Morphing 'Palladium'
Strategy

More on Microsoft's Morphing 'Palladium'
Strategy 05/12/2004 11:31 AM
After all the hullabaloo last week over whether or not Microsoft killed its Next Generation Secure Computing Base ("Palladium") technology, the analysts at Gartner have weighed in. Gartner provides more details on how Microsoft is integrating NGSCB into Longhorn and advises customers to plan for Longhorn/NGSCB availability in 2007.

Allchin Details Microsoft's Syncing
Strategy

Allchin Details Microsoft's Syncing
Strategy 05/12/2004 09:51 AM
In this eWEEK Q&A, Microsoft Platforms Group VP Jim Allchin explains how Microsoft is planning to shave months, if not years, off its Longhorn Server project in order to get it to sync more closely with Longhorn client.

Microsoft's Passport fails to travel far
as Web strategy

Microsoft's Passport fails to travel far
as Web strategy 12/31/2004 10:55 AM
Microsoft is abandoning one of its most controversial attempts to dominate the Internet after rival companies banded together to oppose it and consumers failed to embrace it. The Redmond software company said Wednesday it would stop trying to persuade Web sites to use its Passport service, which stores consumers' credit-card and other information as Internet users surf from place to place.

Microsoft's security strategy stirs up
industry

Microsoft's security strategy stirs up
industry 06/23/2004 03:50 PM
MSNBC Jun 23 2004 8:01PM GMT

Longhorn Changes May Affect Microsoft's
Tools Strategy

Longhorn Changes May Affect Microsoft's
Tools Strategy 09/20/2004 01:18 AM
The Longhorn time frame is putting in question two significant development efforts.

West Nile virus strategy drawn up

West Nile virus strategy drawn up 05/30/2004 07:22 PM
Plans to deal with an outbreak of potentially deadly West Nile virus are drawn up by the Department of Health.

Microsoft's Feature-Cutting Strategy For
R2, Longhorn Raises Concern

Microsoft's Feature-Cutting Strategy For
R2, Longhorn Raises Concern 12/30/2004 02:26 PM
As it preps two Windows server updates for 2005, Microsoft is struggling to find the right balance between making--and delivering on--promises made to customers during their Software Assurance contract periods. In the past six months, Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has found itself in the awkward position of acknowledging that the long-promised WinFS next-generation file system would have to be cut from the Longhorn upgrade of Windows to guarantee its on-time delivery in 2006.

More recently, Microsoft executives confessed that two key features, Network Access Protection and integrated Digital Rights Management Services, which were supposed to appear in its interim R2 Windows Server 2003 update, will not make it into the 2005 server update after all.

Microsoft's Feature-Cutting Strategy For
R2,Longhorn Raises Concern

Microsoft's Feature-Cutting Strategy For
R2,Longhorn Raises Concern 12/30/2004 04:55 PM
Techzonez Dec 30 2004 7:44PM GMT

HP Decides On Anti-Consumer Strategy

HP Decides On Anti-Consumer Strategy 01/09/2004 09:50 PM
While most of the focus on HP today comes from the HPod/ iPod announcement, there were a few other interesting stories. I've been hearing from folks at CES that Carly Fiorina's keynote was a doozy, in that it lined up supporters from the music industry who spent all their time bashing kids downloading music. Reports are now coming out talking about HP's anti-consumer rights stance on these things. Once again, all of these features do not make things better for consumers - they just make things worse. At the same time, it will do nothing to slow down real piracy - as those folks will just get around the copy protection. So, what we're left with is an offering that is less friendly to consumers, more costly to HP (and, therefore, consumers), and does nothing to help anyone. The other "word from the floor" we heard at CES is that HP employees in the same room as the keynote even agreed that this policy was bad news, and were upset that their employer had decided to go with such an anti-consumer stance. Meanwhile, Tristan Lewis writes in to point out that the bigger news, buried in HP's announcements today is a bout their Lightscribe offering, which will let DVD and CD burners silkscreen images directly onto the CD. While I'm not sure I agree with Tristan's assessment that this is a bigger story than the iPod deal, it is a cool idea. Update: As pointed out in the comments, Tristan's description goes a bit further than the actual product: it doesn't actually do silkscreening, but creates "silkscreen quality labels".

Notes Users to Gain from New IBM
Middleware Strategy

Notes Users to Gain from New IBM
Middleware Strategy 05/18/2004 06:20 PM
Future versions of the Lotus Notes client will bring it closer to Workplace and allow users to take advantage of the new server-managed software model.

Virus war tests Microsoft's devotion to
security

Virus war tests Microsoft's devotion to
security 05/10/2004 02:48 PM

Microsoft's Virus/Worm Writer Bounty
Pays Off?

Microsoft's Virus/Worm Writer Bounty
Pays Off? 05/08/2004 06:43 PM
Techfocus May 8 2004 10:51PM GMT

Virus writers dismiss Microsoft's bounty
fund

Virus writers dismiss Microsoft's bounty
fund 11/07/2003 11:10 AM
Though cyberspace outlaws may look over their shoulder one extra time before launching a computer virus or worm, they won't be deterred by the $5 million bounty fund established byMicrosoft to help capture and convict them, two virus writers said.

Can Microsoft's virus bounty fight
organised crime?

Can Microsoft's virus bounty fight
organised crime? 05/11/2004 09:05 AM

New: Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac OS X

New: Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac OS X 06/24/2004 11:24 AM
Sophos announces a Mac OS X version of its centralized anti-virus system.

4% of IT managers do not use anti-virus

4% of IT managers do not use anti-virus 06/24/2005 08:31 PM

Sophos Anti-Virus

Sophos Anti-Virus 05/11/2004 08:49 PM
vnunet.com May 12 2004 0:38AM GMT

Anti-HIV Virus Developed

Anti-HIV Virus Developed 05/13/2004 06:29 PM

AOL Tip: Anti-virus and Security Hub

AOL Tip: Anti-virus and Security Hub 07/31/2004 10:35 PM
G4 Tech TV Aug 1 2004 2:13AM GMT

1st Email Anti-Virus v4.0

1st Email Anti-Virus v4.0 04/25/2004 01:52 PM
1st Email Anti-Virus is the only security program that protects from all kinds of email threats. Generic antivirus programs and setting the most secure options in email client software can't provide the same level of protection as 1EAV does. It copes with iframe / MIME header / CLSID extension attack, script attacks, ActiveX / Java / Flash attacks, "web bugs", fragmented message attack, and so on. [Shareware $19.95 30 Days 975 KB]

Microsoft Anti-Virus?

Microsoft Anti-Virus? 05/08/2004 06:32 AM

Microsoft's IE losing users

Microsoft's IE losing users 09/17/2004 02:31 AM
iTnews Sep 17 2004 6:58AM GMT

Lights go out for Microsoft's anti-SP2
tool

Lights go out for Microsoft's anti-SP2
tool 04/12/2005 06:48 PM
ZDNet UK Apr 12 2005 11:11PM GMT

Virus tries to con PayPal users

Virus tries to con PayPal users 11/19/2003 08:05 AM
BBC Nov 19 2003 4:00AM ET

Which Anti-Virus Vendor Do You Trust?

Which Anti-Virus Vendor Do You Trust? 07/14/2004 08:32 AM

Ed Foster, long time author of the "Gripe Line" for InfoWorld, now blogs his GripeLog. His post from Saturday not only discusses alternatives to McAfee and Norton, but he has an ongoing poll for what he considers the top nine candidates and his reader comments bring other favorites to light. Go vote, it's your civic geek duty ;^)

Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac OS X comes to
Panther

Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac OS X comes to
Panther 06/23/2004 10:54 AM
Sophos on Wednesday released a new version of its Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac OS X, updated to work on Mac OS X v10.3 or higher. The software is aimed at corporate computing environments looking to protect Mac users from possible virus infection or transmission, providing centralized configuration and updating of anti-virus settings. Sophos Anti-Virus can update its virus protection on client Macs over a LAN or the Internet, and remote users can also update their virus protection through the Web. Sophos Anti-Virus is available in English, French, Spanish, German and Japanese. A command-line version of the software can also be executed through the Mac OS X Terminal utility. Customers interested in buying Sophos Anti-Virus must contact Sophos for pricing details.

Sophos Anti-Virus Vulnerability

Sophos Anti-Virus Vulnerability 09/25/2004 03:22 AM

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“Kurt Seifried has reported a vulnerability in Sophos Anti-Virus, which can be exploited by malware to bypass the scanning functionality. The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the handling of files and directories with reserved DOS device names and can be exploited by including malware in a file or directory with such a name (e.g. “prn” or “aux”). Reportedly, successful exploitation causes malware to not be detected by the email scanning and real-time…

Possible conflicts with anti-virus
software

Possible conflicts with anti-virus
software 03/13/2003 10:15 AM
A number of recent reports on the fink-users mailing list have indicated problems (including kernel panics and infinite hangs during patching) when using Fink to compile packages while anti-virus software is installed. You may need to switch off any anti-virus software before using Fink.

Other News: Anti-Virus Vulnerability

Other News: Anti-Virus Vulnerability 03/19/2005 02:34 AM
A McAfee anti-virus engine is itself vulnerable to attacks....
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Ask Two MSFT Experts About Version 8.0
Security in Microsoft Business Solutions
Great Plains

Ask Two MSFT Experts About Version 8.0
Security in Microsoft Business Solutions
Great Plains 09/08/2004 02:37 PM
"Welcome to the first Business Solutions Community discussion held directly in the Microsoft Great Plains newsgroup. From September 8-14, Microsoft Escalation Engineer Kelly Youells and Microsoft Senior Development Consultant David Musgrave will answer your version 8.0 security questions in this newsgroup thread. "

Microsoft security update affected by
spyware

Microsoft security update affected by
spyware 09/03/2004 02:29 AM
Buenos Aires Herald Sep 3 2004 6:37AM GMT

Internet security provider warns of
spyware

Internet security provider warns of
spyware 04/26/2004 03:26 AM
Khaleej Times Apr 26 2004 7:09AM GMT

Security Roundup - Latest Antivirus and
Spyware products!

Security Roundup - Latest Antivirus and
Spyware products! 09/21/2004 10:40 AM

Network Security Spyware Removal -
Sponsored Link

Network Security Spyware Removal -
Sponsored Link 03/28/2005 01:32 PM
Ad - http://www.pctools.com Mar 28 2005 2:59PM GMT

ArcSight Manager security software comes
to Mac OS X

ArcSight Manager security software comes
to Mac OS X 05/19/2004 08:56 AM
Sunnyvale, Calif.-based developer ArcSight has announced a Mac OS X version of their enterprise security management software ArcSight Manager. The server-based application consolidates network-wide alarms and alerts generated by anti-virus, firewall, Web server and other software. It generates and displays reports that allow IT managers to assess threats and take action. Version 3.0, which includes Counteract for port-blocking and other countermeasures, is now available. Contact ArcSight for pricing.

10.3: Set up Samba to use NT Domain
Manager security

10.3: Set up Samba to use NT Domain
Manager security 12/03/2003 11:02 AM
This hint is for the ones want connect their Mac under a domain called MYDOMAIN served by a NTServer (or linux/samba server) called MYSERVER on a Windows network, and you want the to Mac get permissions and users from the dom...

An IT Manager’s Insight into Mobile
Security

An IT Manager’s Insight into Mobile
Security 01/22/2004 05:03 PM

Spyware threatens security of Middle
East's computer users

Spyware threatens security of Middle
East's computer users 04/25/2004 04:12 AM
AME Info Apr 25 2004 8:11AM GMT

Security Accounts Manager Initialization
Failed

Security Accounts Manager Initialization
Failed 07/19/2004 06:47 PM

Microsoft Operations Manager 2005
Security Guide

Microsoft Operations Manager 2005
Security Guide 08/29/2004 09:15 AM

OpenService Announces Availability Of
Security Threat Manager (STM) Version
3.0.

OpenService Announces Availability Of
Security Threat Manager (STM) Version
3.0. 09/20/2004 02:52 PM

EU vs. MSFT: It's Not Over Till It's
Over

EU vs. MSFT: It's Not Over Till It's
Over 01/27/2004 01:47 PM
While nearly ever Web report we've seen is claiming that the European Union is poised to throw the antitrust book at Microsoft, the Redmond software vendor isn't giving up hope yet.

cory on drm @ msft

cory on drm @ msft 06/19/2004 04:28 AM
Cory's speech at Microsoft on the mistake of DRM.

Business Contact Manager for Outlook
2003 Security Update: KB842496

Business Contact Manager for Outlook
2003 Security Update: KB842496 06/09/2004 01:06 AM
This update addresses a vulnerability in Business Objects Crystal Reports, installed as part of Business Contact Manager installation, which could lead to Information Disclosure and Denial of Service attacks on an affected system.

MSFT: The 'Dog of the Dow'?

MSFT: The 'Dog of the Dow'? 01/07/2004 06:04 PM
Will Microsoft end up as a "Dog of the Dow" again in 2004? Wall Street analysts have been emphasizing that MSFT is undervalued; consumers seem nonplussed.

Wiki inventor goes to MSFT

Wiki inventor goes to MSFT 12/14/2003 09:53 PM
Ward Cunningham, the inventor of wikis, is taking a job at Microsoft: he's put up a wiki page to solicit advice for surviving there.

You can have a huge impact on Microsoft's culture. Push yourself to the max. Prepare the family -- working at Microsoft is fun and I went overboard. Sometimes the family doesn't understand. Take days to yourself. Try to build friendships and get a mentor or two. That'll help.

Link (via Many2Many)

Apreo Enforces Appropriate Use of Google
Desktop Search to Reduce Security Risk
of Data Exposure and Spyware I

Apreo Enforces Appropriate Use of Google
Desktop Search to Reduce Security Risk
of Data Exposure and Spyware I 01/05/2005 08:31 AM
Security Park Jan 5 2005 12:49PM GMT

[security bulletin] SSRT4785 rev. 0
HP-UX Process Resource Manager (PRM)
potential data corruption

[security bulletin] SSRT4785 rev. 0
HP-UX Process Resource Manager (PRM)
potential data corruption 08/10/2004 12:20 PM
Boren, Rich (SSRT) (Aug 10 2004)

Ouch. Two Formerly Profitable MSFT
Divisions See Red

Ouch. Two Formerly Profitable MSFT
Divisions See Red 02/10/2004 02:52 AM
For its second quarter in fiscal 2004, not only was Microsoft's MSN business unit back in the red, but its Server and Tools division was, as well.

iTunes, Napster, meet MSFT.

iTunes, Napster, meet MSFT. 11/17/2003 06:41 PM
Microsoft announces plans to open a music-download service in early 2004. Link< /a>

MSFT - not the high-growth story it was

MSFT - not the high-growth story it was 10/30/2003 11:59 PM
MSFT is not the monster growth stock it was during the 1990s, and it is unlikely to demonstrate that level of growth again. With no fewer than nine price-driving stock splits since going public in 1987, Microsoft has been a substantial wealth generator. On October 21, 2002, shortly after Microsoft reported its blow-out quarter (resulting almost entirely from a switch to a licensing model for its software sales) I wrote on thestreet.com's Real Money Pro site that Microsoft would begin to encounter hurdles that would delay, and perhaps even curtail, long-term outperformance; And that those earlier high-growth days appear to be history for Microsoft. The PC explosion during the 1980s and 1990s was a one-off growth opportunity in this sector. While similar growth opportunities may materialize for Microsoft in other areas of tech in the years ahead, I'm not holding my breath. Previously, to make money in MSFT stock you just had to buy and hold, unless you bought at around a split-adjusted $120 between end-1999 and end-2000. The price has since steadily eroded to the $23-$30 range where it continues to trade.

Update on List of MSFT Bloggers

Update on List of MSFT Bloggers 10/28/2003 11:07 PM

Stylesheet has been updated, and the OPML now imports into NewsGator, RSS Bandit, Radio Userland, and probably any other aggregator without trouble.  I have also added a link to the list in FOAF (RDF) format on the left.  Thanks to  Leigh Dodds and Dan Brickley for hooking me up with the appropriate XSLT.  Now that I have a simple XML format that can be edited with Infopath, and XSLT to render to the formats I want, maintaining the list is vastly easier.  I'll refrain from spamming this blog with more update announcements until perhaps we pass the 200-person mark.

 

MSFT won't Sasser-patch bootleg Windows

MSFT won't Sasser-patch bootleg Windows 05/07/2004 03:35 AM
Microsoft's anti-Sasser-worm patch can't be applied to copies of Windows with serial numbers associated with bootleg or fake copies. It's an interesting dilemma for MSFT: the more unpatched copies of Windows (whether legit or not) the worm infects, the worse it becomes for all unpatched users, including those who paid their license fees. It's like denying smallpox vaccinations to known crooks, then having to pay the social cost of the smallpox outbreak that infects everyone who hasn't had a shot (including honest cits). Link< /a> (via /.)

Burning Man + MSFT Flight Simulator =
Duuuuude

Burning Man + MSFT Flight Simulator =
Duuuuude 01/05/2004 01:34 PM
Bay Area-based artist Andrew Johnstone has created a digital, virtual, and three-dimensional Black Rock City for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 and 2004 platforms.

[I]n the spirit of Burning Man's no-commerce, gift economy philosophy, he's making his project available for free. One of Burning Man's mottos is "participants only," and, fittingly, Johnstone's Virtual Playa rewards active involvement. On his site, he provides free 3D building tools that Burners can use to model a version of their own camp or art project, which they can then upload and incorporate into the complete Virtual Playa version available to everyone. If people want to design a camp made from pre-fab pieces, he provides digital tents, domes, RVs, U-Haul trucks and many of the other details.

"You can be your own Larry Harvey if you want. You can put whatever you want in," says Johnstone. "They can scratch their playa itch in March when they're not feeling very Burning Man."

Link to Wired News story

MSFT pays $440MM to settle DRM patent
dispute

MSFT pays $440MM to settle DRM patent
dispute 04/12/2004 06:17 AM
Microsoft has settled its patent dispute with Sony/Philips, who acquired a company called Intertrust solely for its patent on DRM, which conflicted with the patent that Microsoft got when it took a controlling interest in another company called ContentGuard.

Microsoft is paying $440m to settle its long-running digital rights management (DRM) patent infringement dispute with Intertrust. The one-off pay-out means that Microsoft customers can use their software "as they are intended to be used without requiring a license from InterTrust".

Link

Yahoo's Offers New Anti-Spyware Tool...
That Actually Finds Spyware

Yahoo's Offers New Anti-Spyware Tool...
That Actually Finds Spyware 08/05/2004 03:50 AM
It appears that Yahoo heard the backlash loud and clear a few months back when they released an anti-spyware tool that just so happened to skip over adware from Yahoo partners. The latest version, built on PestPatrol's technology will now default to notifying users of both "spyware" and what they consider to be "adware" and then give the user the choice of what to do. I haven't tested the product yet, but it sounds like they're moving in the right direction. It still makes you wonder what they were thinking in offering a purposely crippled offering. People know what spyware is, and telling them that spyware isn't spyware doesn't change how people feel about it. It also doesn't make them look kindly back at the company that provided them with the bogus anti-spyware tool in the first place.

Interview with Paul Zimski, Product
Strategy Manager For Harris
Corporation's STAT Computer Security
Unit

Interview with Paul Zimski, Product
Strategy Manager For Harris
Corporation's STAT Computer Security
Unit 04/12/2004 11:26 PM
Net Security Apr 13 2004 3:21AM GMT

Spyware Company Sues Utah Over
Anti-Spyware Law

Spyware Company Sues Utah Over
Anti-Spyware Law 04/13/2004 03:42 PM

Yahoo's Famed Anti-Spyware App Allows
Spyware From Partners

Yahoo's Famed Anti-Spyware App Allows
Spyware From Partners 06/02/2004 10:10 AM
We didn't write about Yahoo's new "anti-spyware" toolbar that they announced last week, because it seemed to receive plenty of hype, and there were no real reviews of how it worked. There are so many so-called anti-spyware applications out there that don't actually stop spyware and adware for fear of upsetting marketing companies or out of worries that actually stopping spyware may make some applications stop working (upsetting the user), that we figured Yahoo's anti-spyware app (hype and all) probably wouldn't be much to bother with. It certainly looks like that may be the case. eWeek is now reporting that Yahoo tries to dance the careful dance of not upsetting certain companies who threate n to sue people who call their application spyware. Of course, the situation is even more complex because Claria (who you probably know as Gator - despite their attempt to change their name to shake that spyware label) is also a partner of Yahoo. So, it's really not surprising that the default setting for Yahoo's anti-spyware app won't actually remove services like Gator or WhenU. Instead, Yahoo's spyware remover claims these programs are "adware" and will only remove them if you click and extra check box each time you run the program. In other words, once again, you can't trust a provider of anti-spyware software, because they're playing both sides of the fence: partnering with providers on the one hand, and then offering weak removal products on the other. If Yahoo were serious about removing spyware from the computers of users they would refuse to partner with companies that used surreptitious tactics to be installed on computers. Instead, they want to look good to users in the front, while letting in spyware/adware from partners through the backdoor.

Microsoft's Anti-Virus Strategy Keeps Users Guessing

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