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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 Reasons = $$$ by ff1324 · · Score: 0, Troll

    The DoJ argument for "unspecified reasons" is quite nice and profound, but lets keep it simple.

    Microsoft aims to make more money by selling AV software separately. Period.

  2. Re:Two possible reasons by Kalecomm · · Score: 0, Troll

    For me, this totally does not matter. M$ pissed me off when I tried to upgrade my Windows XP Professional to Windows XP 64-bit. They were allowing you to exchange your Professional 32-bit version for the 64-bit version for awhile. Being that my wife and I both have laptops with an AMD-64 chip, I decided to get the 64-bit version of XP.

    However, when I called them after having trouble with their website, they told me that notebook computers were "not on the list" to be "upgraded" to 64-bit. So, the deadline passed, I didn't get my 64-bit version of Windows and I told my wife that she had better learn to love XP Professional because I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER M$ PRODUCT AGAIN!

    This machine is dual booted with XP Pro and Kubuntu 64-bit. After I'm done with my MBA (I need DimWoes for school), I plan on investigating WINE under a 32-bit environment to get my games and Quicken 2005 running under it. Once I'm successful, I'll wipe my XP Pro install and be completely M$ free!

    So as far as I'm concerned, Vista is a non-issue for me and my household. Long live the Penguin!

    Best Regards,

    Kalecomm