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Too easy to remove?... Symantec, maker of the Norton line of products, says MSE doesn't stand a chance in today's market...
Symantec, ESET, Avast, and AVG all have something to say about the release of Microsoft Security Essentials, Redmond's free antimalware solution. Two are fine with it, and two are not; can you guess which ones?
Full Story: Antivirus makers applaud, mock Microsoft Security Essentials - Ars Technica
Too easy to remove?... Symantec, maker of the Norton line of products, says MSE doesn't stand a chance in today's market...
Everyone knows that the sole purpose for owning a PC in the first place is for the sheer thrill of attributing all of your resources to run Norton Antivirus.
I'll go out on a limb and defend Symantec here. The 2009 version was very kind to me, never had any of the troubles with it that the previous versions were plagued with.
Beyond that, I'm glad to hear that some are willing to accept it.
I always wondered, if Windows did become comepletely immune to viruses and trojans though it's own internal processes, features, code cleanup etc. Woud the commercial AV companies STILL sue for putting them out of buisness? :)
It's hard to argue the immorality of "anti-competitive practices" (of the free MSE) when the they (the commercial av companies) are making a mint off the backs of such evil in the first place. An Evil which MS itself should be (and is) doing everything it can from it's end to stop.
There is no moral claim that could be made with a straight face that MS should NOT prevent the infection of it's own OS or that they should charge their customers one penny extra for the priviledge!
Lol at Norton's comment. Probably just mad that MS made a product thats easily removable.
I love MSE, ever since the beta I've used it, will likely not switch to another AV anytime soon.