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NEW YORK – Microsoft (MSFT) gives away a security firewall with its latest operating system. Many high-speed Internet service providers offer free anti-virus protection for subscribers. And ...

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Consumer Reports slapped its 'best buy' label on a trio of free security programs for Windows PCs, saying they are a smarter pick than suites from companies like Symantec and McAfee.

Microsoft hopes that the free software will be broadly adopted, particularly by those who have not been vigilant about protecting computers from hackers, and thereby "increase security across the ...