ms antivirus---firewall?

[bigc73542]

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2003/tc20030814_6379_tc047.htm

Microsoft, Your PC's Security Guard?
While struggling to make its own code tighter, the software giant also appears to be readying a line of antivirus and firewall software
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In January, 2002, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates declared security to be the new top priority at the world's biggest software maker. In a speech to employees and in a public statement, he declared war on bugs and vowed to shore up product security. Of course, the bugs keep popping up, and serious security vulnerabilities continue to be exploited in Microsoft's ubiquitous operating system and applications. Witness the horrific MSBlaster worm that crashed untold thousands of Windows 2000 and XP machines worldwide during the week of Aug. 11.

[Mr.Blaze]

THATS ONLY CAUSE HE COMES HERE AT WILDERS AND READS MY MANY POSTS ABOUT HIS WINDOWS XP BEER COASTER.


He finaly got tired of it lol

[beetlejuice]

>:( I don't think I'd trust an AV or Firewall made by M$.

[bigc73542]

Even though they purchased rav-av they will find some way to screw it up 8)

[beetlejuice]

Trier track record on security puts them in last place!!! ::)

[GoonMan]

I will not have an AV or Firewall designed, changed or sold by Microflop on any of my computers. ;D

[AplusWebMaster]

:( Ah, me thinks we might pause to consider the last few words in the article:

"...In the past only a handful of software companies have managed to compete effectively when Microsoft moves into their sector. And in those cases, for the most part Gates & Co. faced a dominant incumbent, such as Intuit...in personal-finance software. The desktop-security market remains widely fragmented, with no one company holding more than 32% of either the firewall or antivirus market. As Microsoft casts a wide net to find new sources of revenues, security software seems like a low-hanging fruit -- and one it appears set to take a bite out of in the not-so distant future. After all, someone has to protect users against all the holes in Microsoft's software."

[beetlejuice]

-{ Quote: "Microflop" }-

The name sounds about right! ::)