Vista: Antispyware, Yes. Antivirus, No
section: windows, for your questions: KezNews forum, 31.1.2006
Tip: Click here to update all your PC's outdated driversWhy are Microsoft watchers surprised that Microsoft has no plans to integrate antivirus software into Windows? Redmond sees bigger dollar signs in antivirus services.
Microsoft officials have been saying for quite some time that Windows Vista will ship with antispyware software built into the operating system. But for more than a year, Microsoft's top dogs have been quite clear that Microsoft has no intentions to bundle antivirus software into the product.
Despite this seemingly straightforward (at least in our minds) delineation, company watchers were all in a tizzy this week over Windows head honcho Jim Allchin's recent proclamation that there would be no antivirus software bundled with Vista. Several days later, we're still trying to figure out why anyone was surprised by this simple statement of fact.
Microsoft has a lot of new security technologies in the pipeline. Windows Antispyware, which Microsoft renamed Windows Defender late last year, was part of the latest (December) Vista Community Technology Preview (CTP) test build. Microsoft seems to be moving steadily toward baking into Vista at least some base level of antispyware software.
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