Thursday, July 29, 2004

Microsoft Antivirus plans

Ziff-Davis France has an exclusive on MS's AV plans. Further details from Computerworld,New Zealand .

  • signature scanner

  • behavior blocking

  • distributed av network - clients sharing info over secure channel


  • Maybe it's just me but that last one makes me nervous, though it does have great promise. No mention of a Linux scanner.

    Considering Microsoft already has an ARM emulator for their Pocket PC platform I would think they have a good lead in the Windows CE AV market. Neither does Virtual PC hurt them in the PC market.

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