Microsoft, Your PC's Security Guard?

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Microsoft, Your PC's Security Guard?
By Alex Salkever

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2003/tc20030814_6379_tc047.htm

While struggling to make its own code tighter, the software giant also
appears to be readying a line of antivirus and firewall software

In January, 2002, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates declared security to
be the new top priority at the world's biggest software maker. In a
speech to employees and in a public statement, he declared war on bugs
and vowed to shore up product security. Of course, the bugs keep
popping up, and serious security vulnerabilities continue to be
exploited in Microsoft's ubiquitous operating system and applications.
Witness the horrific MSBlaster worm that crashed untold thousands of
Windows 2000 and XP machines worldwide during the week of Aug. 11.


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