Instant messaging: Problems and solutions   19 Oct 2006 13:00 GMT
You've heard about the benefits and the drawbacks of allowing instant messaging on your network, but have you heard them all? John Dickinson takes the view that it's best to lay all the IM-security cards on the the table -- and then plan how you're going to trump them.
Source: Computerworld

Microsoft chips away at piracy in the UK   19 Oct 2006 13:00 GMT
The aggressive "Keep IT Real" door-to-door antipiracy campaign introduced in the U.K. in February is showing results, according to Microsoft company officials. The company says it has seen a drop in XP piracy of over four percent.
Source: Computerworld

Microsoft to brief security vendors today on PatchGuard   19 Oct 2006 13:00 GMT
Symantec, McAfee had pressed the company for information on the Vista kernel that would make their products work with the new operating system.
Source: Computerworld

Antivirus Software and Disk Defragmentation   19 Oct 2006 13:00 GMT
Want to speed up your antivirus scans? After years of anecdotal data from Diskeeper customers about the reduction in virus-scan times attributed to defragmentation, Diskeeper Corporation decided to investigate. They tested the four antivirus software packages that make up 90 percent of the market. After testing on different system configurations, they found major improvements in scan times- as high as 61 percent. Download this white paper and see how much faster your antivirus software should be running.
Source: Computerworld

First security flaw signaled in IE7   19 Oct 2006 13:00 GMT
Less than 24 hours after Microsoft launched Internet Explorer 7, security researchers have found a flaw in the new browser.
Source: Computerworld

Zombies try to blend in with the crowd   19 Oct 2006 11:00 GMT
Hackers aim to make networks of hijacked computers go unnoticed by merging their communications with common Web traffic.
Source: ZDNet

Just Say Yes to Internet Explorer 7   19 Oct 2006 04:57 GMT
The locked-down interface and "we-know-better-than-you" security measures will annoy some power users, but IE7's compelling new features and better security make this a must-have upgrade.
Source: Computerworld

Microsoft sets Vista meeting with security companies   19 Oct 2006 01:20 GMT
Powwow to discuss planning for creation of techniques that let security companies use core components of 64-bit editions of the next Windows operating system.
Source: ZDNet

California may mandate Wi-Fi warnings   18 Oct 2006 13:00 GMT
California legislators are considering a law requiring manufacturers of Wi-Fi gear to explicitly warn customers that wireless access points without password protection can be used by strangers. One analyst asks, "Don't [the senators] have anything better to do?"
Source: Computerworld

Security vendors still waiting to hear from Microsoft on PatchGuard   18 Oct 2006 13:00 GMT
Security vendors say Microsoft Corp. has given them no specifics on the company's plans to release code that will allow them to work around a kernel protection technology called PatchGuard in the upcoming Vista operating system.
Source: Computerworld