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Fake Windows 8.1 Enterprise Activators Hide Adware, Bitcoin Miners

07

Mar

2014

Security experts started warning users about fake Windows 8 key generators and activators ever since Microsoft launched the operating system. As the popularity of Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 grows, they attract the attention of more and more cybercriminals and scammers. Ahasverus, a Softpedia Forum user, has recently reported coming across a fake activator while […]

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Windows 7 is still growing faster than Windows 8

03

Dec

2013

Sorry, Microsoft: Even the superficial return of the Start button isn’t enough to make people clamor for Windows 8. TheNextWeb takes a look at some of the latest numbers from Net Applications and finds that Windows 8′s growth has stagnated as the combined market share of Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 grew by only 0.05 percentage […]

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New infection rate data for unprotected computers

30

Oct

2013

?In the previous Microsoft Security Intelligence Report, SIRv14, we introduced a new metric to measure the infection rate for computers protected with real-time antimalware software (protected computers) in comparison to computers that were not protected with up-to-date security software (unprotected computers). Using this new data, we wrote a feature story about the risks of running […]

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