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No Anti-Virus in Vista

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the left-out-in-the-cold dept.

truthsearch writes "Microsoft will omit anti-virus protection in Vista, the next version of Windows. Redmond is promoting Vista as a landmark improvement in Windows security. Yet Jim Allchin also told CRN in a recent interview that there will be no anti-virus software. For unspecified business (not technical) reasons, Microsoft will sell anti-virus protection to consumers through its OneCare online backup and security service."

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  1. unspecified business reasons eh... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    what's that, the politically correct terminology for GREED?

  2. Of course... by trogdor8667 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Of course MS won't include it, they can make additional money by selling it seperately, just as they have always done with Plus! for Windows.

  3. Re:Two possible reasons by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Well, let's see... They bundled a media player and the EU is still after them. What do you think will happen if they dare bundle anti-virus software?

    You have the EU to thank for this one folks.

  4. Re:Damned if they do, Damned if they don't by mspohr · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    "Umm... used Windows lately? As in a properly configured Windows? The security model does that one already." I use Windows all the time and I've never seen any file permissions and I've never been able to get any work done unless I run as "Administrator".

    Windows needs a real security model like Unix where the OS and applications use file permissions and user settings. Then it will be secure.

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