CWmike writes "Microsoft said today that computers in countries with high rates of software piracy are more likely to be infected because users are leery of applying security patches. 'There is a direct correlation between piracy and the malware infection... ...full story at slashdot
from slashdot on Tue, Nov 03 2009
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| 23 Nov 08 |
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Microsoft Yanks Fake Security Software » digg Last week's patch purged false security software from millions of Windows PCs.Microsoft said that the anti-malware tool it pushes to Windows users as part of Patch Tuesday removed fake security software from nearly a million PCs during nine days this... |
| 29 Jun 09 |
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Exchange Rates Spell High Prices for WIndows 7 In the EU » slashdot CWmike writes "European customers will pay up to twice as much for Windows 7 compared with US users, even though the new operating system will ship without a browser in Europe. Some of the money Microsoft stands to make on the European editions of Windows... |
| 25 Apr 08 |
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Increased piracy hurt Microsoft's quarter » digg For several quarters, Microsoft has been seeing a drop in piracy rates, which has been helping fuel improved business in its Windows unit. In the just-reported March quarter, however, Microsoft saw an increased rate |
| 31 Aug 09 |
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Microsoft says US is top malware target » the register (uk) The United States of infected PCs Windows users based in the United States are the most likely to benefit from Microsoft's malicious software removal tool, which has removed malware from nearly 2.2 million US machines, more than the other nine top... |
| 30 Sep 09 |
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Microsoft Blocks Pirates From Security Essentials Software » slashdot CWmike writes "Microsoft will block users running counterfeit copies of Windows from installing the free Security Essentials antivirus software, said Alex Kochis, director of Microsoft's Genuine Windows team, in a post to a company blog. On-again,... |
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