Jay Munro

Maybe its the holiday season, or end of year letdown, but Microsoft did not release any monthly security bulletins for December. The Redmond-based software giant reported that while its consolidating security update delivery to once a month, it may still release emergency bulletins as needed. While no updates may seem like good news, there is […]

When Microsoft released Office XP, users were suddenly faced with having to “activate” the product in addition to entering a valid product key. That proprietary activation scheme helped Microsoft cut down on piracy, but it raised privacy concerns among users. Much of the fervor eventually died down, however, until late 2002 when Intuit shipped its […]

This summers crop of mass mailing DCOM- and RPC-exploiting worms has made “get the patch” a mantra for most savvy users. However, the latest worm throws that reliable action into the gray area, especially for novice users. Thats because the latest batch of worms are posing as e-mailed fixes from Microsoft. W32/Dumaru (several variants),and W32/Swen.A, […]

Welcome to the premier issue of the PCMag.com Security Watch Letter. Every week well bring you an overview of the current viruses, worms and other threats that are trying to get to your computer. Leaving politics and commentary to other publications, our goal is to bring you facts, information, and resources that will help you […]

The latest addition to McAfees line of corporate antivirus solutions, McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 7.0, gives companies strong virus protection with lower maintenance requirements. VirusScan runs only on Windows NT, 2000, and XP, but it performs double duty, replacing VirusScan 4.51 on desktops and NetShield 4.5 on file servers. The Achilles heel in any enterprises virus […]

Making sure your kids are safe online or your employees are on task can be painstaking, but Guardian Monitor ($49.95 list) might make the job a little easier. In addition to the text and URL logging that most monitoring programs do, Guardian takes screen shots at 5- to 60-minute intervals (adjustable in 5-minute increments) on […]

Computer Virus–the words alone provoke images of vanishing data, crashing PCs, and financial ruin. Emerging from obscurity 12 years ago to front page news, the computer virus has been portrayed in Hollywood as everything from a way to siphon off millions of dollars, to a secret weapon to bring down an alien enemy. The popular […]