Neowin News Feed for: Nukes

Blizzard nukes another 76,000 morons from World of Warcraft

Todd Tanner — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 21:30:58 +0000

Blizzard Entertainment announced earlier today that they had laid the smack down on more than 76,000 hacking idiots in that little known MMORPG World of Warcraft. In addition to the bans, Blizzard also nuked 11... Read more...

Utility Nukes Windows Genuine Advantage Callbacks

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 10:32:10 +0000

A private security company has found a way to nuke the controversial callback component in Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage anti-piracy tool. Firewall Leak Tester, a company that provides tools to test the quality of personal... Read more...

Google Nukes Santy Worm, But Threat Remains

Wed, 22 Dec 2004 20:11:46 +0000

A decision by Google Inc. to block certain search queries has helped thwart the spread of the Santy worm, but the public release of the worm's source code could lead to new attacks, security experts... Read more...