Linked by Amjith Ramanujam on Wed 19th Nov 2008 02:13 UTC, submitted by poundsmack
To address the growing need for a PC security solution tailored to the demands of emerging markets, smaller PC form factors and rapid increases in the incidence of malware, Microsoft Corp. plans to offer a new consumer security offering focused on core anti-malware protection.
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Yes, it's a good move. Other companies are already offering free AV, so there's no unfair competition here. Those who want a paid AV can disable the native AV and use their own just fine. I hope this new MS AV updates automatically and daily for both legtimate and pirated copies of Windows because otherwise this isn't going to put a dent into botnet's installations. Remember that between 85 and 90% of spam is sent from a network of remotely controlled computers infected by malware around the world. It should take a few more years until everybody uses an updated antivirus.