Microsoft's free security download, Morro, only offers antimalware protection for users' PCs. But the announcement was enough to trigger falling shares for both Symantec and McAfee...

Updated 1:15 p.m. PST with Symantec comment...

Cybercrime is likely to wreak as much havoc as the credit crisis in the coming years if international regulation is not improved, some of the world's top crime experts said on Wednesday...

Microsoft Corp's upcoming security software is not designed to take sales from Symantec Corp and McAfee Inc as it is a stripped-down, free product that focuses purely on anti-virus protection,...

Microsoft plans to stop accepting paid subscriptions to Windows Live OneCare in mid-2009. The security software is slated to be replaced by a free offering code-named Morro, which will focus on...

A changing of the guard is on at Symantec, the largest maker of computer security software. Chief Executive John Thompson will retire after a decade in the role. Chief Operating Officer Enrique...

Microsoft has announced plans to offer free anti-virus software to PC users starting next year...

The new security program, code-named "Morro," will be available as a free download in the second half of next year...

Microsoft said Tuesday that it will discontinue its OneCare PC protection offering next June, replacing it with a thinner, free offering, "Morro," focused solely on anti-malware protection...

Internet security isn't a top concern among most average people, says a report released Tuesday by Unisys. What concerns most people is National Security, followed by financial worries...