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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. Uh... by webanish · · Score: -1, Troll

    Windows IS the virus!

  2. Re:so let me get this straight... by jejones · · Score: -1, Troll

    Um, if their OS were secure, why would they need antivirus software?