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Paul K 13-05-2005 14:06

MS AntiVirus coming soon?
 
From CNet
Quote:

Speculation among security industry sources suggests that Microsoft may be preparing to introduce its standalone antivirus software next week.
Will be interesting to see what they come up with and what price they sell it for.

Tuftus 13-05-2005 14:10

Re: MS AntiVirus coming soon?
 
It will indeed be interesting, allthough with the amount of bugs / loopholes found in XP for example it will also be interesting to see how many people trust it?

Chris 13-05-2005 14:11

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And finally, the M$ business model is complete. First, dominate the world with an operating system that's vulnerable to nasty viruses, trojans and exploits. Then sell everyone the solution. :grind:

:rofl:

zing_deleted 13-05-2005 14:14

Re: MS AntiVirus coming soon?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris T
And finally, the M$ business model is complete. First, dominate the world with an operating system that's vulnerable to nasty viruses, trojans and exploits. Then sell everyone the solution. :grind:

:rofl:

I would be laughing if it wasn't painfully true

Paul K 13-05-2005 14:14

Re: MS AntiVirus coming soon?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris T
And finally, the M$ business model is complete. First, dominate the world with an operating system that's vulnerable to nasty viruses, trojans and exploits. Then sell everyone the solution. :grind:

:rofl:

The annoying thing is that no-one else thought of it first lol ;)

nffc 13-05-2005 14:53

Re: MS AntiVirus coming soon?
 
I'd still use Avast if this was paid-for though.

... conspiracy theories... :LOL:

littld 13-05-2005 15:03

Re: MS AntiVirus coming soon?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by zinglebarb
I would be laughing if it wasn't painfully true

That's a bit unfair. I understand serious holes have been found in Firefox recently.

Competing anti-virus programs are overpriced and usually not very good. Go back 15 years - all the add-on software (disk compression, memory management, backup, defrag tools etc) was produced by lots of different companies and most of it was difficult to use and didn't work well.

Let M$ replace the lot with one decent stable system (like they have with XP) and we'll all save, that's what I say.

Chris 13-05-2005 15:28

Re: MS AntiVirus coming soon?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by littld
That's a bit unfair. I understand serious holes have been found in Firefox recently.

Yep. And they were fixed within a week.

Quote:

Competing anti-virus programs are overpriced and usually not very good. Go back 15 years - all the add-on software (disk compression, memory management, backup, defrag tools etc) was produced by lots of different companies and most of it was difficult to use and didn't work well.

Let M$ replace the lot with one decent stable system (like they have with XP) and we'll all save, that's what I say.
Never in the history of commerce has a monopoly ever been to the long-term benefit of the customer. Microshaft is already a virtual monopoly, I have no interest in seeing its influence spread.

Electrolyte01 13-05-2005 19:04

Re: MS AntiVirus coming soon?
 
If it's paid for i'll stick with Avast. If not, it's always worth a go.


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