Microsoft’s Free AntiVirus ★
For most users, this announcement is probably more important than plans for future versions of Windows. My guess is that Windows 7 will ship with the antivirus software as all OneCare subscribers will automatically receive free protection beginning June 30, 2009. If it does ship with Windows 7, I wonder how Microsoft will integrate it without making it look like a separate application.
Windows Defender, is one of the best applications that ship with Windows(Vista) because it displays the least number of notifications on the taskbar: either when a threat is detected or when an update is due. Integrating the new antivirus solution with Windows 7’s Defender would be ideal. No taskbar icon, just an application running in the background. No need to worry about Windows Security as long as Windows Updates are turned on.
Microsoft is mending its ways for the good. And this could only mean bad news for Symantec and McAfee.
LinkConnect - PressPass Announcement of no-cost security for consumers
I wonder how the new ads by Symantec/McAfee/etc would be like… “Your PC isn’t safe with Windows Defender”… Or “Defender ain’t good enough”, well, seems like fun to now to await for further news.
Best parts? No need to download an illegal copy of shitty naggy software. Finally, maybe I could use my Windows installation as carelessly as my Linux Boot. Perhaps its a dream way too far fetched. I wish MS actually accomplishes that, and breaks the stereotyped Windows’ Image!
Breaking the stereotypical and unrealistic image that Windows has got is exactly what Microsoft is trying to do with all this. Apple’s still doing what it knows best in response: Lying.
It’s all very great of Microsoft to announce…’Hey guys, we’re gonna give you some anti-virus the next time you buy Windows’….thing is, it’s just gonna help bloat it some more, with some useless service that I’ll have to manually disable for eternity, and, let’s face it, it’s going to suck. Good A/V programs come up with experience, which MS doesn’t have in the A/V field…avast! zindabaad!
Are you joking? I think Microsoft is more than capable of handling AntiVirus solutions.
I can see how Billgey and Monkey Boy thought up this one. “Let’s make a shitty, insecure operating system - and then use that as an excuse to sell antivirus solutions to people.”