Microsoft Corp.'s new video-sharing Web site is hosting some of the same pirated clips that rival Google Inc.'s YouTube unit recently removed at the request of the media giants who own them -- including a famous "Saturday Night Live" rant by actress Natalie Portman that was an early favorite on YouTube.
And here's good news: Vista may be safe but it better be because it's spreading malware:
Microsoft has apologised for serving malware via its websites and Windows Live Messenger software.
APC reader Jackie Murphy reported the problem:
"With Microsoft launching Vista along with their Defender software to protect users from viruses and spyware, it seems therefore to be an oxymoron that they have started to putting paid changing banner advertisements for malware, on the popular MSN groups servers.[..."]
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