An estimated 3,000 PC owners who use Google Chrome to surf the Internet were unable to access (or in some cases, locate) the browser thanks to an error in Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) antivirus software that flagged Chrome as malware. On Friday afternoon, a post to the Microsoft Malware Protection…
Microsoft Identifies Google Chrome as Malware
The browser was automatically deleted from Security Essentials and Forefront users’ PCs. View full post on eSecurityPlanet RSS Feed View full post on National Cyber Security
Microsoft Downs Domain that Bred Botnet that Targeted Macs
Mac users uncharacteristically faced Kelihos, a small but dangerous botnet. View full post on cyber security alerts – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
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Microsoft Anti-Malware Tool Mistakenly Snuffs Google Chrome
Google Chrome is not a password-stealing trojan Microsoft’s Security Essentials anti-malware tool has mistakenly identified Google Chrome as a password-pilfering trojan — and actually removed the browser from many users’ machines — but a fix for this rather amusing false positive is now available. In an email sent to Wired,…
Microsoft security update treats Chrome as malware
Redmond releases same-day correction, but not before Windows Security purges Chrome from user systems Follow @tsamson_IW Microsoft issued today an update to its security software that wrongly identified Google Chrome as malware and purged it from users’ systems accordingly. The Redmond giant has since fixed the mistake, but it has…
Microsoft fails to credit Kaspersky Lab for Kelihos botnet takedown
Microsoft grabbed headlines this week with its report about the successful takedown of the Kelihos botnet, but while the company detailed the achievements of its Digital Crimes Unit, it failed to mention the major role security firm Kaspersky Lab played in the operation. Microsoft’s Kelihos takedown announcement centred on the…
Developer Week in Review: Android proves fruitful for Microsoft – More bucks for Microsoft, more horsepower for SPARC, and more votes for … someone.
Samsung agrees to pay Microsoft royalties for Android use. Elsewhere, Oracle keeps the SPARC line alive, and the hackability of voting machines is exposed. View full post on O’Reilly News and Commentary View full post on National Cyber Security
Microsoft kills a botnet after striking domain provider
Microsoft has opened a front in its ongoing battle against internet scammers, using the power of an American court to deal a knockout blow to an emerging botnet and taking offline a provider of free internet domains. Microsoft used the same technique that worked in its earlier takedowns of the…
Microsoft kills a botnet after striking domain provider
Microsoft has opened a front in its ongoing battle against internet scammers, using the power of an American court to deal a knockout blow to an emerging botnet and taking offline a provider of free internet domains. Microsoft used the same technique that worked in its earlier takedowns of the…