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• Why the Klez worm just won't go away

  Within days of the original ILOVEYOU virus infection that took place two years ago, some 40 ILOVEYOU variants circulated on the Internet, now Klez copycats are doing the same.

• Microsoft will wipe Sony's 'rootkit'

  Microsoft will update its security tools to detect and remove part of the copy protection tools installed on PCs when some music CDs are played.

• Microsoft's eye on data protection

  With the settlement Monday of its long-simmering patent dispute with InterTrust Technologies, Microsoft has cleared away legal concerns that have been looming over many of its most important plans.

• Virus targets 64-bit Windows

  Virus writers have unleashed the first program that infects 64-bit Windows files, antivirus firm Symantec said Monday.

• Survey: Microsoft bears some blame for worms

  One-third of business users blame Microsoft for the recent worm outbreak, despite the company's security efforts, according to a poll.

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• Microsoft's eye on data protection

  With the settlement Monday of its long-simmering patent dispute with InterTrust Technologies, Microsoft has cleared away legal concerns that have been looming over many of its most important plans.

• Managing enterprise-level security threats

  This guide on threat management is aimed at showing companies how to heighten their security awareness and strengthen their perimeter.

• Messagelabs: Clean up Net effluent now

  Messagelabs CTO Mark Sunner claims that ISPs allowing unfiltered traffic to flow to customers is like a water authority pumping out raw sewage. Additional reading: Microsoft reward snags suspected Sasser author

• Service Pack 2: Patching the unpatchable

  Windows XP Service Pack 2 addresses many of the security problems of the past few years. But it can't do much about this year's model.

• Reinforcing Windows: Help or hindrance?

  Could integrating antivirus software into Windows be the key to solving Microsoft's security woes or could the technology create more problems than it solves?

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• Virus writers: If we can't kill them (and we can't), then what?

  From the reaction to Friday's column --in which I kiddingly called for death to virus writers--it's easy to tell who has had to deal with viruses and who hasn't. People who've spent hours, even days, undoing the work of these computer terrorists, whose crimes inflict tremendous damage on people they can't possibly know, seem to appreciate my viewpoint more than most.

• Windows XP SP2 more secure? Not so fast

  While XP SP2 is a huge step forward for Microsoft, there are important caveats. For example, don't expect the new Windows Firewall to prevent keystroke-logging Trojans from stealing your credit card info.

• Just browsing

  With so many browsers on offer we are spoilt for choice. But what should you look for, and what are the security misconceptions?

• The end of e-mail viruses--and antivirus apps

  The MSBlast worm that wreaked havoc last week signals a sea change in the virus world. E-mail viruses are on their way out and so are antivirus solutions as we know them today.

• Security's the message for Exchange

  Microsoft hatches plans for a new Exchange Server e-mail system, with improved security and a facelift for Outlook, in the software's first major upgrade in nearly two years.

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