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Microsoft Launches Anti-Virus Public Beta

Posted by Zonk on from the test-out-them-patches dept.

Chris Gondek writes "The Register has a story reporting that Microsoft has released a free beta of its upcoming anti-virus application. According to Microsoft, the new anti-virus application known as Windows OneCare Live is 'like taking your PC in for a tune up at the service station'. Microsoft announced in May that it would be releasing an anti-virus application based on software developed by GeCad, a Romanian anti-virus company that Microsoft purchased several years ago." More details from InformationWeek.

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  1. Trust is the issue by CodeShark · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    I wouldn't trust an M$ application to report on M$ operating system and other flaws even if I were offered large sums of money to do so.

    Not only does it get into the age-old dilemna of "who will mind the keepers if the keepers are in charge?", and whether or not M$ will attempt to use their internally (and presumably profitable) anti-virus software in an anti-competitive manner against all other virus-detection products out there.

    Given M$ history on both issues, my answer is never never never, and in this case I stand by my sig and state my opintion that the Open Source solution will always be much better minded and competitive in this critical area.

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    ...Open Source isn't the only answer -- but it's almost always a better value than the alternatives...