Microsoft Set to Release Own Anti-Virus
Written on May 29, 2009 by Jerson
The software giant announced that it will be releasing their own Windows embedded anti-virus that raises some eyebrows in the IT industry. Why, well the company has been known to be the most attacked PC platform on earth compared to other operating systems due to their ways of old. This hatred of the company stems back from the days when Microsoft was involved in what can be called “steal then deal”, when they were involved in getting nifty software form the many start up firms who produced respectable programs they embedded within their OS releases. This is sure to result in lawsuits which the company then opted to settle out of court, buying out the rights and even the company in a hostile take-over.
Many people held grudges and should we call it, vowed to exact revenge resulting in attacks to the operating system during an age when malware was booming and the movie “Hackers” came out. Most malware base their attacks on the Windows operating system but in today’s internet based world, everything goes. The company may have finally gotten fed up with how security experts say they make their system, opting to make a patch in the form of a security program of their own to handle their own security needs.
The raised eyebrows stem from issues regarding their WGA which first made its rounds very much unannounced, installing itself without the user’s knowledge. This was then seen and criticized, and then turned into an option that can be rejected should the user have a pirated copy of their several OS’s they finally resolved by ending the lives of older ones to give more commercial impact for new releases.
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