Tag: Security
A few days ago Microsoft released a new application aimed at keeping users up-to-date on information regarding recent changes to their systems. The not so creatively titled, "Change Analysis Diagnostic Tool" uses old System Restore data to report system modifications like newly installed programs, security updates, and even browser helper objects. It's also a great way to check for new startup items you may have not known existed. Big 'M' says it decided to publish the tool because, "As computer programs grow more complex, extensible, and...
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This new x-ray machine is amazing! I'm sure it's been out there for a while, but this is the first time I've seen this.
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Microsoft did an about-face yesterday, agreeing to make it easier for customers of its forthcoming Vista operating system to use outside security vendors, such as those who make popular antivirus and anti-spyware programs.
Until now, Microsoft had planned to block those companies from installing their products in the deepest levels of the new operating system, which is scheduled for release early next year.
The company said it was doing so to address the concerns of security and performance in Windows XP and apply them to Windows...
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In a remarkable declaration earlier this week, the Department of Homeland Security--a bureaucracy set up to deal with stuff that generally falls under the category of national emergency--called on all users of Windows software to install a new security patch issued by Microsoft.
This wasn't your garden variety flaw. The fear in Washington was a repeat of something like the chaos caused by the MSBlast worm in 2003.
By now, Chertoff's people must be thoroughly frustrated that Microsoft still turns out poorly designed products. What with...
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