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MS To Build Antivirus Into Win8: Boon Or Monopoly?

Posted by Soulskill on from the efficacy-to-be-determined dept.

jfruhlinger writes "Microsoft has quietly announced that it's planning on baking anti-virus protection right into the Windows 8 OS. Users have been criticizing Windows' insecurity for years — but of course this move is raising howls of protest from anti-virus vendors, who have built a nice business out of Windows' security holes. Is this a good move by Microsoft, or a leveraging of their monopoly as bad as bundling Internet Explorer?"

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  1. Re:Anti-Trust by roc97007 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think that's the first time I've ever seen "Microsoft" and "too secure" in the same sentence.

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    Oliver's law of assumed responsibility: If you're seen fixing it, you will be blamed for breaking it.
  2. Re:Anti-Trust by blair1q · · Score: 5, Funny

    You're typing into it.

  3. Dam(n) by clinko · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Dam company to provide leak protection in future dams. Dam contractors angry."

  4. Re:Perspectives by tokul · · Score: 4, Funny

    Microsoft AV is among the lest resource intensive AV programs I have seen.

    only snake oil uses less resources.