ZoneAlarm ForceField – Virtualized Browser Security

Monday, May 12th, 2008

ZoneAlarm ForceField provides a protective layer around your browser, shielding you from drive-by downloads, browser exploits, phishing attempts, spyware and keyloggers. So your passwords, your confidential information, and your financial data remain protected. While traditional security, such as firewalls, antivirus, and security suites, protects your PC, ZoneAlarm ForceField protects your browser ...

Microsoft To Release Office 2007 SP1 Via Automatic Update In June

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Microsoft plans to release Office 2007 Service Pack 1 via the company's automatic update service starting June 16.The advanced announcement is a result of the software maker's promise to give at least a 30-day notice before making Office service packs available through Microsoft Update, which is a part of Windows ...

Windows Vista More Vulnerable To Malware Than Windows 2000

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Microsoft's Vista operating system is more susceptible to malware than Windows 2000, and though it's 37% more secure than Windows XP, it's still too vulnerable.That's the contention of security vendor PC Tools, which has a financial interest in the vulnerability of Microsoft's software. "Ironically, the new operating system has been hailed ...

Keep Vista’s User Account Control on guard duty

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Well, Microsoft has finally come clean about the real motivation behind Vista's User Account Control feature. As Tom Espiner's reports from the recent RSA Conference in San Francisco, Microsoft UAC Program Manager David Cross admits that UAC was designed to annoy users. Espiner quotes Cross telling the security-conference audience that negative ...

Microsoft Gives Vista Backdoor Keys To The Police

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

It's long been assumed that Microsoft has built in various "backdoors" for law enforcement to get around its own security, but now reader Kevin Stapp writes in to let us know that the company has also been literally handing out the keys to law enforcement. Apparently, they're giving out special ...