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Anti-malware Vendors Stare Down Microsoft Threat

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the angry-eyes dept.

Captain Rose writes "Matt Hines at eWEEK has stepped up to report the other side of the story CNET inked recently on the perceived death knell that Vista will deliver to independent anti-spyware vendors. There's definitely a fight in store (David v. Goliath), though who knows how long we'll have to wait to see it play out now that Vista's delayed yet again. Is this a bit of foreshadowing on how the new Microsoft OS will address the self-replicating, zero-day spyware threats?" From the article: "Most industry watchers concede that it will be hard for Microsoft to easily displace the enterprise security businesses of leading vendors such as Symantec, McAfee and Trend Micro, which market integrated packages of applications to companies wishing to solve long lists of problems. However, for firms that are focused on only one of those problem areas, analysts said, Vista and the other Microsoft security products could pose a significant threat."

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  1. Write better malware by willardj · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    These vendors are just going to have to start writing their own malware that only their software can detect and fix.

    1. Re:Write better malware by firl · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      Going to have to START writing malware? We all know that 90% of the annoying viruses that don't do damage are created via norton/symantec etc etc.... cmmon seriously you think people write viruses for any other purpose?

  2. Its time for linux people! by Intangion · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    if anyone is dumb enough to keep using microsoft after all this, they deserve the endless stream of exploits and viruses that are sure to plague their systems even worse than they already do

    microsoft has got it all figured out:
    1. sell insecure buggy unreliable software (windows, office, etc)
    2. wait for (or help?) hackers to exploit or infect the software your customers were dumb enough to buy
    3. SELL them fixes and protection and removal tools
    4. after a couple years start selling NEW versions of software, patch the old versions to not work or stop supporting them

    theyve actually been doing most of this for over a decade, step3 is new though and means more money the more unstable your software is! :)

    or you can use opensource and:
    1. get FREE software (os, office, multimedia.. all free)
    2. any issues discovered are easily patched quickly and freely (and can be by anyone)
    3. free malware protection (as if you even needed it)
    4. upgrade when you feel like it, if you feel like it. On your schedule, not microsofts

    can you afford not to switch?