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Kaspersky Drops Antitrust Complaint After Microsoft Promises To Make Changes To Windows 10 (theverge.com)
Security firm Kaspersky said Thursday it was withdrawing its European antitrust complaint against Microsoft after the software giant promised to make changes to the upcoming Windows 10 Fall Creators Update that have appeased Kaspersky and help its anti-virus software provide notifications and alerts to renew virus definitions. From a report: Kaspersky originally filed its complaint back in June, claiming that Microsoft disabled its anti-virus software during Windows upgrades and that the software maker was using its dominance to "fiercely promote" its own Windows Defender software. Microsoft admitted in late June that Windows 10 prompts to install a new version of anti-virus from third parties like Kaspersky after an update, but it disables the old version if it's not compatible. Microsoft now says it "will work more closely with AV vendors to help them with compatibility reviews in advance of each feature update becoming available to customers." The software maker will also provide better visibility of release schedules for Windows 10 updates, giving anti-virus vendors more time to test changes.
jesus christ.
The "update" they are talking about is to the underlying operating system. What does an AV program do? It protects the underlying operating system. If changes are made to the operating system it's possible that these changes will render the AV software unusable or inefficient until the AV vendor produces a patch that fully supports the new OS.
And to be clear, this wasn't done to prevent competition, it was done because windows 10 needs to be secured and updated, and just like every fucking OS before it, if major changes take place to the kernal or parts of the OS, some software will need to be updated.
Where was your FURY when this happened after windows 7 updates? windows 2k? Fuck, what about windows 98?
Kaspersky needs to patch THEIR software. The argument and possible case comes from the fact that MS didn't provide a means to test and patch their software on the new OS patch version, and is aggressively marketing their own AV solution.