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Hotmail passwords leaked online

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Thousands of Windows Live Hotmail passwords have been leaked online, Microsoft has confirmed. The news was first reported on by Neowin.

According to Microsoft, it “learned that several thousand Windows Live Hotmail customers’ credentials were exposed on a third-party site” at some point over the weekend. Neowin originally reported that …

Originally posted at Webware

AVG: Version 9 faster, includes ID protection service

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The feature-rich versions of popular security program AVG have been updated, with AVG Technologies claiming faster scan times, faster boot times, and other under-the-hood improvements. While version 8 introduced a consolidated product line, making those features work better together takes the attention of AVG Internet Security 9 and AVG Anti-Virus 9.

Originally posted at The Download Blog

Report: Hotmail passwords leaked online

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Thousands of Windows Live Hotmail passwords have been leaked online, according to the Neowin.net tech blog.

According to Neowin, it received information from a source claiming that a “hack or phishing scheme” allowed hackers to post passwords from thousands of Hotmail accounts.

Neowin first viewed the passwords on a …

Originally posted at Webware

AVG 9: Faster scans, ID protection service

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The feature-rich versions of popular security program AVG have been updated, with AVG Technologies claiming faster scan times, faster boot times, and other under-the-hood improvements. While version 8 introduced a consolidated product line, making those features work better together takes the attention of AVG Internet Security 9 and AVG Anti-Virus 9.

Originally posted at The Download Blog

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