Neowin News Feed for: Lockout

Microsoft implements brute force attack protection for more Windows devices

Justin Luna — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 05:38:02 +0000

To protect users from brute force attacks, Microsoft has pushed out an update that allows IT admins to enable account lockout policies on Windows computers that receive security updates. Read more...

Apple locking out non-dev iOS 5 beta devices

Denis Wong — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 00:52:00 +0000

A report suggests that Apple is cracking on users who take advantage of unofficial means to get beta versions of iOS 5 on their devices. Read more...

McAfee update is locking users out of their systems, do not update!

Brad Sams — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:08:01 +0000

Widespread reports are hitting the web that McAfee Antivirus update is causing major issues with end users PC’s. Reports are coming in that the “update to Dat 5958” is killing SVCHOST.exe. As reports are surfacing... Read more...

Kaspersky defends Microsoft, refutes Vista security lockout

Steven Parker — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 08:50:15 +0000

Russian security vendor Kapersky has jumped to the defence of Microsoft, refuting claims by rival security vendors Symantec and McAfee that Microsoft is using its monopoly to lock them out of access to the Vista... Read more...

Microsoft Account Lockout and Management Tools

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 23 Apr 2003 12:46:31 +0000

Quick Info File Name: ALTools.exe - Download Size: 850 KB - Date Published: 4/22/2003 - Version: 1 Overview ALTools.exe contains tools that assist you in managing accounts and in troubleshooting... Read more...

Thousands could be hit by Office lockout

Wed, 16 Apr 2003 19:37:04 +0000

Microsoft has confirmed reports that Windows 2000 PCs running a specific version of Office 2000 have been hit by sudden, unexpected requests to continually register the software with Microsoft. The glitch... Read more...