Microsoft Antivirus!

Trying to dominate the Software Kingdom again?

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Microsoft plans to release by year's end an initial test version of a new product to protect business desktops, laptops and file servers against malicious code attacks, reports CNET News.com.

The new Microsoft Client Protection product will guard against threats such as spyware, viruses and rootkits. The software will offer IT administrators central management capabilities and work with Microsoft's Active Directory and Windows Server Updates Services patch management tool.

Microsoft did not say how much the new product will cost or when it will be available in final form. A "limited beta" is due out by the end of the year and Microsoft plans to share additional details on the new product in the coming months.

Microsoft has also announced the formation of the "SecureIT Alliance", a new group focused on providing security products to users of Microsoft products. The alliance includes Symantec, McAfee and Trend Micro, along with F-Secure and VeriSign.

So, what can we expect? A more secured OS: Microsoft Windows Vista + Microsoft Anti-Spyware + Microsoft Anti-Virus + Microsoft Windows Firewall + Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 + ....

Read more: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5889842.html?tag=nl.e589

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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top

The top companies have done very well in this market.  The reason Microsoft has not gone here before?  It requires constant vigilance.

It is 10 years over due to be a part of the OS.  But I am not buying their snake oil yet.  I like my McAfee and Norton (just the AV!  No flames please).  Microsoft may get there in the future, but it is going to take a long time.

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
macafee and norton AV products are utter and completely useless crap. if you aren't using nod32, you aren't protected. period.
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Been using Norton for the past 3 years...never had a virus! Something must be working...ya think? The only time I ever had a problem with Norton was when one of my cleaner cleaned a bit to much a deleted a file needed to run Nortons Speed Disk and I had to uninstall it a reinstall it...that proved to be a pain. But like I said...Nortons been working fine for 3 years.
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Something must be working


....name one.......
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
....name one.......


No viruses in 15 years.
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
never had a virus! Something must be working

How many has it caught?
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
oye...

Before everyone starts namin' stuff....#4 is an inside joke between myself and the guy with the computer from hell.......
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I got it

well, I gots a little bits of it.
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Kaspersky welcomes Microsoft antivirus move

Eugene Kaspersky, founder of Moscow-based Kaspersky Labs, said he isn't concerned by Microsoft's potential charge into the antivirus space because he believes no single company can dominate that particular market.

But, I think they are trying to dominate the Software Kingdom again.
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

....#4 is an inside joke between myself and the guy with the computer from hell

Mine isn't from hell....but it's going somewhere and bears a passing resemblance to a handbasket...

Reply #11 from Stardock Forums Top
Hopefully MS can comeup with something to protect itself from V/Worms and et al. I must be a magnet for them cause I've lost 2 PC's in the past 4 yrs to them.  
Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hopefully MS can comeup with something to protect itself from V/Worms


Don't expect too much from MS. The AV may itself contain V/Worms.