[dba-Tech] Free security software from Microsoft

John Bartow john at winhaven.net
Wed Sep 30 14:38:15 CDT 2009


Hi Jim,
It's been said that they can't sell it because it's not good enough so
they're giving it away. Time will tell.

I see this as an advantage to stopping some of the widespread malware that
MS can detect and clean but not a solution a business should consider.
Similar to AVG or the better free solutions like Avira Free AV and such. If
these companies thought their free products would hurt their sales they
wouldn't be giving them away.

John B.
BTW I think everyone should say adios to the suites from Symantec, Micro
Trend, McAfee, Panda... ;o)

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 11:24 AM
To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
Subject: [dba-Tech] Free security software from Microsoft

A free antivirus and antispyware software suite is being released by
Microsoft at:

http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials

Does this mean 'adios' to suites from Symantec, Micro Trend and even stan
alones like Vipre etc?

Jim

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