Microsoft To Offer Free Anti-Virus Software

Dynamoo writes "The good news is that Microsoft have announced free anti-virus software for consumers, dubbed Morro, available late next year. The bad news is ... well, exactly the same. Although Microsoft's anti-malware products are pretty good, this move could drive many competitors out of business and create a dangerous security monoculture; major rivals will be lawyering up already. On the other hand, many malware infections could be prevented even by basic software. So is this going to be a good or bad thing overall?"

Comments

Yeah, but

[NoStrings]

Does it run on Linux?

My thanks

[cyrus0]

That reminds me, I need to put duct tape over all the rust on my car. Thing should hold up like a champ!

Hilarity ensues

[symbolset]

The opportunities for humor start here and go on forever. I guess we might as well start:

"My God! Its full of fails!" "Like buying antibiotics from the hooker." "TrunkMonkey equipped with chair." "Would you like Warez with that?" "Antivirus vendors: Oooh. That's what 'gold partner' means!" "Hi, I'm a Mac ... and I'm a PC (achoo)." Good Lord this stuff writes itself. Hold on while I microwave some popcorn.

Re:Won't hurt competition.

[Ethanol-fueled]

Don't listen to parent, his "free" options are a sham.

For example, somebody suggested the Clam AV for Windows and it all it did was turn my screen into a black box with gibberish in it. If it wasn't for my swift hard reset, CLAM AV may have broken my computer!

Re:re Hard to decide ...

[martin-boundary]

The ones who practice safe computing probably don't come in as much.

Yeah, they probably even use Linux. Savages.

HaHa

[secondhand_Buddah]

This is like the cigarette companies selling cancer treatments.