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August 21, 2008 4:35:43 PM CDT


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  • February 2008
    • Microsoft: Vista Update May Screw Up Your Programs

      Microsoft: Vista Update May Screw Up Your Programs

      (Newser) - Vista’s first major service pack may do more harm than good. Microsoft is warning that its upcoming update may disable various third party programs, particularly virus protection and security software, which accounted for half of the dozen programs Microsoft listed as victims. Microsoft said that list wasn’t comprehensive, and told users to contact the software developers, not Microsoft, with any problems. More »

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      Microsoft   software   Microsoft Vista   software developers   service packs   virus protection

  • September 2007
    • Prankster's 1st Computer Virus Turns 25

      Prankster's 1st Computer Virus Turns 25

      (Newser) - A prankster who wrote the first computer virus 25 years ago says only, “It was some dumb little practical joke.” Yet Richard Skrenta’s desire to infiltrate other Apple II’s with a poem (“It will get on all your disks; it will infiltrate your chips”) marked the beginning of a worldwide virus craze that spawned a $38 billion security industry and 150 to 175 new pieces of malware every day. More »

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      Microsoft   Apple   software   computer virus   Windows   spyware   hardware   virus protection   Elk Cloner

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