Released earlier this week, the exploit code - which has been crafted to run not only on attackers' Windows machines, but also on Linux and Unix boxes -crashes Windows systems not patched against a ...

The first thing the IT manager must have in order to prepare a network for next generation Windows Messenger-mediated applications is a clear definition of what is needed from an application user ...

Microsoft Corp. will detail plans to disable the Windows Messenger Service and activate the Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) by default on Windows XP machines in an effort to protect computers from ...

Can someone please explain what the difference between these three items are.<BR><BR>and why there are 3 to begin with.

Internet service provider America Online Inc. (AOL) is taking aggressive steps to combat spam and close a security loophole by turning off a Microsoft Corp. Windows feature that spammers are ...

Is there anything I can do to prevent disconnections? I <I>appear</I> connected until I try to contact someone, when Messenger tells me I am "not signed in". My friends say I am offline, leading me to ...

While the Slammer worm had to hit individual systems, this exploit allows hackers to send a single packet to attack every system on an entire network. The Messenger Service is part of the Windows ...