Microsoft Kicks Fake Security Software off 400,000 PCs

Microsoft Kicks Fake Security Software off 400,000 PCs

In the second month of a campaign against fake security software, Microsoft Corp. 

has booted the rogue application "Antivirus 2009" from almost 400,000 PCs, the company recently claimed.

December's version of the Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT), a free utility that Microsoft pushes to Windows users as part of Patch Tuesday, targeted one of the most popular phony security app, Antivirus 2009. According to Microsoft, the MSRT erased the fake from over 394,000 PCs in the first nine days after it released this month's edition on Dec. 9.

Last month, Microsoft trumpeted a similar cleaning operation against another family of bogus security software that it said had purged nearly a million machines of programs such as those called "Advanced Antivirus," 

"Ultimate Antivirus 2008" and "XPert Antivirus."

Microsoft facing bleak outlook for Vista sales

Microsoft's recent quarterly revenue report indicated troubling numbers for the Vista operating system that could continue into next year, according to Computer World. Although the company has shown strength in its business division, the client division, which is primarily driven by Vista, showed only two percent sales growth year over year. In contrast, the overall shipments of PCs increased by 10 to 12 percent. Microsoft claimed the soft sales of its core product was the result of unimpressive shipments of PCs to developing countries and the booming production of neetbooks.
Source: Mccn

Microsoft Free Tech Support to All Windows Vista SP1 Customers

Microsoft offer now Free unlimited installation and compatibility support is available for Windows Vista, but only for Service Pack 1 (SP1). You can contact Microsoft directly over phone, email or web chat for finding the correct printer driver for your Windows Vista computer or some of your software programs and hardware devices stop working after you installed SP1 or are you facing trouble while installing Vista SP1. If you are in India, you will get email and phone support, the phone support is available from 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM from Monday to Friday. As per Microsoft, this support for SP1 is valid until March 18, 2009.

I you want advanced issues include problems that are associated with software and hardware development, network connectivity, server-based technologies, and business-critical systems. Issues can also include problems that are associated with configuration and deployment of business workstations and servers.

Advanced Support is available for Rupee 4,100 during business hours.

After-hours support is available for Rupee 8,200 and provides support only for business-critical issues. Business-critical issues are defined as situations that involve a system, a network, a server, or a critical program down situation that severely affects customer production or profitability. These are high-impact issues where production, operations, or development are proceeding but could be severely affected within several days.

If you want more information visit Microsoft links.
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Microsoft released its security updates for October 2007

Microsoft has released its critical and important updates. These updates involve applications including Kodak Image Viewer, Outlook Express and Windows Mail, Internet Explorer, and a vulnerability in Microsoft Word. All of these could allow remote code execution and elevation of privileges.


Security updates are available from Microsoft Update, Windows Update, and Office Update. Security updates are also available at the Microsoft Download Center.

For more details on these updates, here's the link to Microsoft's Security Bulletin.

Auto Shutdown Tool for Firefox When All Files Have Downloaded

Firefox Auto Shutdown add-on by InBasic help you to shutdown the computer after all downloads finished or failed. This extension help you to sleep without any tension, if you are downloading some huge files from the Internet by using Firefox Download Manager and will takes another long hours to finish.

All professional Download Managers have ability to Auto Shutdown after all downloads finished but this extension add icon to "status bar" and "Download Manager Window" so by click on status icon or check in download manager you can be sure that your PC will be turnoff after all downloads finished or failed.


Now this add-on only support windows platform. The Auto Shutdown extension of Firefox internally executes the windows shell command shutdown. Windows Shutdown command allows you to shut down or restart a local or remote computer. If you use the command without parameters, it will log off the current user. If you want to turn off your computer in next two hours, type the command shutdown -s -t 7200 [7200 = 2 hours] in Windows Run box and then press OK.

You could either cancel the downloads, or leave the computer in running state or just download and install Auto Shutdown extension from mozilla.org.

hackers @ microsoft - Microsoft's Official Blog

"Hackers @ Microsoft" - that's the name of a new Microsoft blog officially launched on blogs.msdn.com which also hosts thousands of other blogs written by Microsoft Employees.

The focus of this blog is likely to be a little different from most other blogs you'll see on blogs.msdn.com. Microsoft employs some of the best hackers in the world and actively recruits them and develops them. They work on all kinds of projects, whether it be in development, research, testing, management and of course security.

This blog is *especially* provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Opinions are not of Microsoft. he new Microsoft Hackers blog is located at blogs.msdn.com/hackers.

Convert Powerpoint Presentations to Flash with GMail PPT Viewer

Now GMail has an inbuilt PPT viewer that lets you view PowerPoint attachment as a Flash picture slide show in the Web Browser itself without requiring Microsoft PowerPoint application.

If you manually advance the entire PPT slide show using the arrow keys GMail converts every slide of your PowerPoint presentation to a Flash (swf) file. All the slides will become available as Flash files in your browser's temp folder. The swf files may then be embedded in your blog for sharing with readers.