iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
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| reply to Z80A
Re: MS Security Essentials The problem is that if they did that the security companies would sue Microsoft to pieces due to "antitrust issues" despite the fact that MS is just fixing what's broken with their product, at least in effect.
The big AV companies are scared stiff of MS's entry into the home security market since MS could easily edge out Norton and McAFee just by including their software as standard on new installs of Windows 7, OEM or not. Great for harried tech support reps, horrible for the AV industry. Despite the fact that AV providers have branched out into security suites anyway (they make more money and aren't offered for free by anyone really).
I still prefer AVG over MSSE, though this preference was only renewed after I tested out 9.0, which is to previous versions as Norton 2010 is to previous versions of that suite. |
