AVG Sees Uphill Battle for Microsoft in Its Launch of Free Anti-Virus Software (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
AVG, a global anti-virus and Internet security software provider with over 85 million users in 167 countries, today responded to Microsoft's announcement of a free anti-virus software product slated to appear in mid-2009.
Spamhaus: Microsoft Now 5th Most Spam Friendly ISP (Washington Post)
Microsoft is rising quickly on a running list of the Top 10 Worst Spam Service ISPs as maintained by spamhaus.org, a group that tracks unsolicited commercial e-mail. The software giant debuted on the list earlier this month at number 9 (one being the worst), and has slid over the past few days down to number 5. Spamhaus says spammers and scam artists are abusing Microsoft's live.com and ...
Microsoft plans to abandon OneCare and offer free anti-virus software next year (Guardian Unlimited)
Microsoft has announced plans to change its strategy on anti-virus software , in an attempt to upgrade PC security, particularly outside the developed countries. It's a tacit admission that its OneCare strategy hasn't worked: it hasn't gained significant market share, and it hasn't impacted the malware industry. Microsoft says it will keep OneCare going until it releases new software ...
Google lets you work out the cost of spam (TechWorld)
But anti-spammers say company could do more Google has launched a spam calculator so that companies can work out exactly how much spam is costing them.
Roaring Penguin Software launches Hosted CanIt (CanadaIT.com)
12 November 2008 - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - The fight against spam just got easier for small and medium businesses as Roaring Penguin Software Inc. announced the release of Hosted CanIt - an outsourced anti-spam solution designed specifically for organizations with 10 to 100 employees.