Vista May Put Anti-Spyware Companies Out

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Saturday March 18, 2006 @10:25AM from the getting-ahead-of-ourselves dept.

Ant wrote to mention a C|Net article with an interesting premise: Windows Vista's tough approach to spyware may put anti-spyware companies out of business. From the article: "While this may be good news for buyers of Vista, it is not for anyone who makes a living from selling anti-spyware software. The worldwide market has boomed recently, reaching $97 million in revenue in 2004, up 240.4 percent from a year earlier, according to IDC. However, companies such as Webroot Software and Sunbelt Software are in for tough times, analysts said."

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Re:Analysis by Anonymous Coward · 2006-03-18 10:35 · Score: 5, Informative

I don't know about *better*, given it is a subjective measure, but the NT line has generally improved in security with new releases. Win2000 was relatively indistinguishable from WinNT security-wise, but WinXP at least considered security in its design, and improved on it a little with SP1 and markedly with SP2.

I'm not saying it's all sunshine and rainbows; it's still not a fully locked down OS but they have been improving.