In the wake of one of the most active weeks for computer worms yet, Microsoft is calling attention to a little-touted new feature of Windows Server 2003 that helps administrators ensure that remote users adhere to company security policies.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/26/2003
The Rules cache wasn't made to be broken. A better way to create e-mail filters will come with Outlook 2003.
- By Bill Boswell
- 08/26/2003
Microsoft formally extended a major deadline for Exchange 5.5 Server support, removing what had been seen as a subtle threat to get users to upgrade more quickly to Exchange Server 2003.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/26/2003
The Sobig worm caused an estimated $5.6 billion in damages worldwide so far, according to mi2g, a U.K.-based security firm that estimates damages from malware.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/26/2003
Remember spam? You know, the unsolicited commercial e-mail that used to seem like it was flooding your Inbox? That was back before the Sobig.F worm came along and outspammed spam.
Sonic Mobility upgraded its utility for remote management of Windows servers and networks from handheld wireless devices this week to add support for managing Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Organizational Units.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/21/2003
One of the most confusing aspects of Windows Server 2003 for users is sorting out the differences between free add-on services and the expensive back-end servers that build on, but also partially duplicate, the services' functionality. Analysts at Giga Information Group recently put out a clear set of guidelines laying out some differences between the free, add-on SharePoint services for Windows Server 2003 versus the $4,000 Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/21/2003
Microsoft consolidates training, Microsoft Press and Technet development under umbrella of new group headed by Lutz Ziob.
- By Michael Domingo
- 08/21/2003
A market analyst is warning customers not to expect Windows "Longhorn," the code-name for the successor to Windows XP, until 2006. That date is a year later than Microsoft's most recent statements on when customers could expect the operating system to ship.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/21/2003
Several security companies declared that the Sobig.F mass-mailing worm is the fastest spreading virus yet, surpassing the initial infection rates of Klez, the LoveBug, Kournikova and other infamous malware.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/20/2003
Microsoft updated and reissued two security bulletins on Wednesday -- one from last year and one from last month.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/20/2003
Seeking a higher salary? The company you keep can make a bit of difference.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 08/20/2003
Microsoft posted its plans for the first bundle of security fixes and bug patches for Windows Server 2003 on a new Web page in the last week.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/20/2003
Microsoft released a cumulative security patch for Internet Explorer on Wednesday that addresses four flaws, including two that Microsoft considers critical risks. The flaws affect all currently supported versions of Internet Explorer, although all the problems are reduced to a "moderate" severity rating on Windows Server 2003, which locks down Internet Explorer 6.0 by default.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/20/2003
Another look at offline folders that comes with a workaround.
- By Bill Boswell
- 08/19/2003
In what appears to be a misguided attempt to do good, someone released a worm that exploits the same DCOM RPC vulnerability that enabled the Blaster worm but that attempts to automatically download the Microsoft patch and remove the Blaster worm if it's present.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/19/2003
General retail availability of the upgrade to the worker productivity suite is formally set for Oct. 21.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/19/2003
Sobig enjoyed a resurgence as messages generated by a new variant of the mass-mailing worm flooded e-mail servers and user Inboxes on Tuesday.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/19/2003
Market research house IDC reports that Intel piled on a few more points of share in the second quarter to its dominant position in the worldwide x86 PC processor market.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/19/2003
Stepping up to its role at the center of the Blaster worm epidemic, Microsoft on Thursday updated its main Blaster information page and peppered links to Blaster warnings and information throughout its Web site.
- By Scott Bekker
- 08/14/2003