Microsoft's Essentials bet pays off

Add newsletters@cnet.online.com to your address book | View online   Security Center       Share on Facebook  |  Share on Twitter March 19, 2012   Microsoft's Essentials bet pays off If you're not using Microsoft Security Essentials, you're not following the crowd. Use of the lightweight security suite exploded last year, reports a study on security suite market share.  More | Share on Facebook      Privacy suit filed against Path, Twitter, Apple, Facebook, others Address book issue with mobile apps prompts privacy lawsuit against app makers.  More | Share on Facebook      Google faces new investigations over Safari tracking U.S. and European regulators are investigating Google's bypass of user privacy settings in Apple's Web browser, The Wall Street Journal reports.  More | Share on Facebook      Android antivirus apps improve their grades--just not very much A shockingly high percentage of Android antivirus apps are still ineffective, even after an update to the original study corrects overly negative results.  More | Share on Facebook          About Security Center Senior editor Seth Rosenblatt brings you the latest news on hackers, viruses, and other security threats.     Most who find a lost smartphone look at the pics A study by Symantec suggests that when people find smartphones, most look at the pictures and almost half open the banking apps. That's people for you.  More | Share on Facebook

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