Dennis Technology Labs, the London-based organisation which runs tests to evaluate anti-virus software, yesterday released its latest test results on products for three distinct product segments--enterprise, home and small-to-mid-sized business (SMB). Its tests are not sponsored by vendors, the lab says.
Microsoft next year will change its automated update process for the Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser to push out the latest version of the browser for XP, Vista and Windows 7 without the notification-style install prompt presented to the end user today.
Microsoft today released four patches as part of its regularly scheduled patch cycle, including a critical fix to a flaw that could allow attackers to launch a dangerous worm.
The <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/security.html">security</a> company Qualys this week demonstrated how to reverse-engineer a <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/subnets/microsoft/">Microsoft</a> patch in order to launch a denial-of-service attack on <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/windows.html">Windows</a> DNS <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/server.html">Server</a>.