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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. Re:Damned if they do, Damned if they don't by rolfwind · · Score: 0, Redundant
    This is one of those areas where Microsoft is damned if they do and damned if they don't.

    If they bundle virus protection (ie, "Make it part of the operating system"), they're accused of unfairly using their monopoly status. If they don't, then they're greedy for trying to sell you extra services.


    Of course, Microsoft could always cure the cause rather than treat the symptoms - fix their OS so it doesn't get viruses.

    I'm no OS expert, but they could start looking at the Unix offshots, plan 9, etcetera to see why those systems has a lack (largely) of virii.