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[News] Microsoft's Software Identifies Own web Site as Scam Attempt

Students get 93 percent discount on Office Ultimate 2007

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| However, the effort may be all for naught unless Microsoft reins in
| its Windows Live OneCare security software which in some cases
| identifies the site as a potential phishing scam.
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http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;793219138

1. Get students to pay (free sample for students, more expensive to schools)
2. Get them addicted (just like tobacco companies)
3. Don't let them explore the workings of the software
4. Lock their data to an application
...

Also on security:

Secure Computing Warns of Storm Worm Attack

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| With the executable file being modified ad infinitum, it without
| difficulty makes its way below the radar of the major anti-virus
| programs, which are generally signature-based.
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http://www.spywarehunter.org/entry/secure-computing-warns-of-storm-worm-attack/

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