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Microsoft Corp. denied the recent incident, in which more than half a million websites were hacked, was caused by vulnerabilities in its Web and SQL Server software, according to U.S. media reports Monday.

Application protects computer stability by preventing deletion or modification of operating system files caused by faulty anti-virus databases, viruses and user errors.

SPAMfighter, Europe’s leading spam filter, has released a version of the award winning software in Portuguese. Portuguese speakers can now use a Portuguese website, and download the SPAMfighter client in their preferred language.

Microsoft plans to release eight security updates next Tuesday, five of which are rated critical by the software vendor.The critical patches affect Windows, the VBScript programming software, Microsoft Project and Internet Explorer, which will get two updates.

Apple issued a security fix for its QuickTime multimedia software that addressed 11 vulnerabilities of which 9 could have been used to gain remote control of the victim's system.

Everyday the media reports countless security incidents involving confidential data which has been lost or stolen. If your company has a strict AUP (Acceptable Usage Policy) which clearly specifies the company ownership over the computers, data and network traffic, then you can deploy intelligent surveillance software such as KGB Employee Monitor.

Microsoft security engineers are investigating attacks against a recently published Word vulnerability which may lead to remote system compromise. The code execution vulnerability is caused by a buffer overrun in the Microsoft Jet Database, or msjet40.dll.

Microsoft's Mobile Operating Systems, Windows Mobile 5.0 and Windows Mobile 6, attain the Common Criteria EAL 2+ Assurance Level; security certification accepted by 24 worldwide members.

The very popular  RealPlayer software is vulnerable to a heap corruption vulnerability that could put Windows users at risk of code execution Trojans , according to a warning from a security researcher.