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The End of Anti-Virus as We Know It?

Author: Stan Schatt, Contractor

Published: 06 Aug 2009

Microsoft is in the process of enabling 75,000 free beta downloads of its new, free antivirus program which had gone under the codenamed “Morro.” The final version of the program is likely to be released before the end of this year. The program, now known as Microsoft Security Essentials, is a superset of an earlier product, Windows Defender. Reviewers have analyzed specific features and have tended to agree that the program falls into the low-end part of the market. This is not surprising, since the program apparently will continue to be offered free to legitimate Microsoft license holders of Windows 7, Vista, and XP.

The full text of this Insight is available to subscribers of the Mobile Operator Strategies Research Service and the Smartphones & Mobile Devices Research Service and the Wireless Security Research Service - Inactive2.

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