Microsoft Corp. announced yesterday that it is giving away software designed to help protect Windows users from spyware, one of the fastest-growing of Internet annoyances. The release marked a new ...

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates says the new antispyware capabilities would be in the company's Internet Explorer 7.0 browser. SAN FRANCISCO -- Microsoft will offer free antispyware to all who license ...

In a shift from past practice, the world's largest software manufacturer said it may charge consumers for future versions of the new protective technology, which Microsoft acquired by buying a small ...

Microsoft gave an official name to its software for protecting computer users against spyware. The software, which has been known as Windows AntiSpyware Beta 1, will be called Windows Defender when ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Stepping up its fight against computer threats at the risk of alienating security businesses, Microsoft Corp. announced Tuesday it will give away a program to combat ...

Microsoft Thursday released a free trial copy of anti-spyware software it purchased last month, marking the company’s entry into the fast-growing market for products that block surreptitious snooping ...

The lawsuit, which was filed Wednesday by Brian Johnson of Los Angeles in a Seattle federal court, asked for class-action status on claims that Microsoft's WGA software mislead users as to its true ...

The Messenger chatbot has gone off the rails — and it doesn't think much of its creator.

Microsoft has purchased Giant Company Software, a small anti-spyware software company it hopes will shore up its security defenses. Microsoft declined to say how much it paid for the 10-person company ...

With the ink barely dry on Microsoft’s acquisition of antispyware company Giant Company Software questions have arisen about the ownership of the antispyware code Microsoft bought. Microsoft ...

Microsoft Corp.’s introduction today of two free security tools designed to help users get rid of spyware and other malicious code is a long-overdue move from a company whose software is the biggest ...

Microsoft Corp.’s announcement last week that it has purchased a small vendor of antispyware tools serves to highlight the growing seriousness of the spyware problem for users, according to security ...