Friday, February 26th, 2010
Microsoft is warning users about a fake anti virus product named "Security Essentials 2010", near identical to the naming of the company's own protection software.
The fake software is actually the trojan Win32/Fakeinit. If a user installs the software then Fakeinit’s downloader installs a fake scanner component that ...
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Thursday, February 18th, 2010
Microsoft said on Wednesday that a recent Blue Screen Of Death (BSOD) issue, that affected a small number of Windows users, was due to the Alureon Rootkit.
In a blog posting on Wednesday, Mike Reavey, the director of the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), confirmed the software ...
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Friday, February 12th, 2010
Microsoft officials issued a status update on Friday for the BSOD patch issue affecting a limited amount of users.
Jerry Bryant, Sr. Security Communications Manager at Microsoft, confirmed the company was continuing their investigations into the Blue Screen Of Death (BSOD) issues related to Windows Patch MS10-015. "We ...
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Thursday, February 11th, 2010
On Tuesday, Microsoft released a patch (KB977165) for Windows that seems to be causing a lot of headaches for users of Windows XP.
ComputerWorld claim that numerous reports have been hitting Microsoft’s help forums by users who are complaining that after the update they now are receiving a ...
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