Microsoft’s monthly security updates don’t touch Windows 7; give hackers time, researcher says

March 13th, 2009 Okay letting automatic updates wasn't enough. When they finish, you are prompted to restart your computer.

October 13th, 2009 Microsoft patches 34 security holes, many criticalREDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft Corp.

May 16th, 2006 Ten commandments for computer security: Thy shall create strong passwords Thy shall use good antivirus software Windows users shall regularly update critical updates Thy shall download online forms after verifying URL https:// or forms with lock icons Thy shall use secure shell (ssh or sftp) for file transfers Thy shall not open unnecessary emails Thy shall regularly back up important files Thy shall set a password protected screen saver to activate after 10-15 minutes Thy shall shutdown thine computer at night Thy shall schedule monthly scanning of hard disk Heavily modified from BSNL list (by email).

July 28th, 2005 Microsoft's effort to refuse access to updated versions of Windows Operating System has been foiled by hackers within 24 hours. Microsoft demanded that those who wanted Windows updates, other than security updates, will have to download an Active X program that sniffed their operating system to see if their OS copy had been pirated.

January 16th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - A computer virus attack that has infected more than 6.5 million Windows PCs this week is one of the worst in years, internet security firm F-Secure said Friday. In total the worm, which is known as Downadup or Conficker, has infected nearly nine million PCs since its first version was unleashed two years ago.

December 1st, 2008 Do not tell me about Windows and its bugs. No matter what I try doing new, half the time is consumed in detecting the bugs and fixing them.

August 12th, 2009 Microsoft has released nine patches to fix 19 security vulnerabilities affecting multiple Windows systems. The patches would address multiple critical ActiveX and Windows Media File loop holes that could invite hackers malicious attacks.

July 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - A computer security website has issued a warning that hackers are misusing a video that has naked shots of glamorous ESPN sports reporter Erin Andrews as a lure to attack PC's. The illegally taped peephole video, showing Andrews as she disrobes, gets viewers and web surfers to download dangerous malware to their computers, reports CBS News.

August 10th, 2006 I have never seen them so concerned about computer vulnerability from Microsoft Windows software. Everyone knows Windows OS is vulnerable by default.

September 20th, 2009 LONDON - British intelligence agency MI5 has hired many teenage hackers for its new secret operation to combat cyber terrorism. At least 50 new computer-savvy hackers, including many teenagers, have been roped in the newly formed Cyber Operations Command, and they had to sign the Official Secrets Act, the Sunday Express reports.

June 29th, 2006 Fresh security problems found in Microsoft Internet Explorer that can allow attackers to take over a system or read private information from other Web sites. One of the bugs also affects Firefox.

April 21st, 2009 Hackers have breached jet fighter program WASHINGTON — A defense official says cyber hackers nearly two years ago breached a high-tech jet fighter program developed for the Pentagon by Lockheed Martin Corp. but classified information was not compromised.

July 6th, 2009 SAN JOSE, Calif. — Microsoft Corp.

June 24th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Hoping to dispel fears about the vulnerability of Windows to viruses and other malware, Microsoft Tuesday released a trial version of a new free security package called Microsoft Security Essentials. The software is designed to replace the Windows Defender tool that Microsoft released in 2007, but which was widely derided as being inadequate to protect computers from the constant and ever-evolving threats posed by hackers.

July 31st, 2009 WASHINGTON - A Tel Aviv University researcher has claimed that the first quantum computer could overnight threaten our security and our data. Dr. Julia Kempe, of Tel Aviv University's Blavatnik School of Computer Science, says that these new computers, still in the theoretical stage, will be many times more powerful than the computers that protect our data now.