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McAfee, Symantec Think Vista Unfair

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the get-in-line dept.

davidwr writes "Is Microsoft unfairly locking anti-virus companies out of Vista? Symantec and McAfee seem to think so and they aren't being very quiet about it, placing a full-page ad in the Financial Times. If you've found the ad online, please post a link."

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  1. Re:Mcaffe + Norton Licks balls. by Grand+V'izer · · Score: 5, Informative

    Well Avast! is going to get screwed just like Norton and MacAffee. All those free AV products are going to become a lot less useful when they can't detect unauthorized actions on the kernel.

    I think a lot of people are missing the point here. Microsoft hasn't "secured" the kernel from attackers. They've simply removed any way for legitimate non-microsoft software to monitor the kernel. People have already found ways to attack the Vista kernel, and given Microsoft's history with security I don't feel very good about them being my only defense.

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  2. picture of the mcafee ad by graucho · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/77014820@N00/25883676 2/