Microsoft to Ship New Malware Protection Utility

LadyDarth writes "Microsoft introduced on Thursday a new program called Client Protection that will help to combat viruses, maiware and spyware in the corporate environment. Paul Bryan, product management director in the enterprise security division at Microsoft, said in an interview with BetaNews Wednesday night that Client Protection's aim is to 'make sure people have fewer security products' to concern themselves with. Responding to concerns that it was stepping on its partners toes, Bryan admitted that Microsoft has 'knowledge and an understanding of the capabilities of the operating system' that its partners may not have. But he said that information would not be hidden."

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I thought

[oldgeezer1954]

They were supposed to document all api's and make them available. Anyone think he's referring to something else besides hidden api's?

Selling more bandaids is not the answer

[starfishsystems]

Yep, Microsoft made the design choices that created the problem. No doubt they'd also like to sell you the solution.

And Paul Bryan is right when he suggests that it would be a good idea to "make sure people have fewer security products". And the very best way to do that is to switch to a more secure platform. Then you don't need additional security products to solve the problems that should have been solved during platform design. Sheesh.

Re:Instead of protection, how about a better OS?

[QuantumG]

This comment, and others like it, are completely lame. It is possible to use Windows securely, but most people don't. This isn't Microsoft's fault. You can just keep repeating an argument made by people 10 years ago as if it still applies to today.

Re:Instead of protection, how about a better OS?

[DrEldarion]

Agreed! I've run DOS 5, Win 3.1, Win95, Win98, Win2k, and now WinXP, and I haven't ever picked up a virus or spyware. Up until about a year or so ago, I used IE exclusively, too. Use your computer intelligently, and you shouldn't have problems.

Bad users will find a way to screw up any system, regardless of OS. (Barring, say, a C64)

Re:Always with the bad grammar

[StarvingSE]

Yes, I love how Microsoft likes to constantly jam their own software down our throats through their Windows Update. This is unethical and bad business in my opinion, and I don't know why the rest of the industry won't go up in arms about it.

Why buy something like Webroot's SpySweeper when Microsoft pops up a window every month claiming that their anti-spyware suite is critical.

Windows Update should be just that, fix security issues, make windows more stable. Not as a conduit to make sure Joe Computer User always uses 100% Microsoft products.