Anti-malware Vendors Stare Down Microsoft Threat

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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[wardk]

I would love to see ALL anti-virus vendors STOP supporting Windows.

Let MS handle it all on their own.

Windows users would be SCREWED ....more screwed that is

Anti-Spyware/Adware

[erroneus]

I am Microsoft's enemy. Can't be any more direct than that. Hate the company. Hate their products.

But all other things asside, these anti-malware people built a business from the failings, vulnerabilities and shortcomings of Microsoft technologies. It's a moving target, technically speaking. Furthermore, if my favorite OS or any OS had a kind of "black list" of programs not allowed to run here, then I'm in favor of it. Essentially, that's what the anti-malware is.

I wouldn't consider it to be anti-competitive for Microsoft to shore up their own OS products for a better user experience and/or better security... unless they were charging money for it, and then I consider it more along the lines of extortion. "We don't know WHAT you might be infected with if you don't buy our product."