Comments on: Microsoft's free anti-spyware hits market

Windows Defender is a direct challenge to products from security vendors and notches up Microsoft's competitive push.

[thedreaming]

happy and not

I'm happy a free realtime scanner is now available for spyare, but I'm said it's windows defender. It's not the most accurate of the free ones, but since most people will tell you to run more than one and have even a paid one, then the more the better.

[john55440]

Interesting. What's bad for Symantec...

Between Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool, Windows Defender's very long beta testing, and OneCare, MS should have a pretty good handle on what's "out there", and how to deal with it.

Besides, anything that Symantec and McAfee hate MUST be a Good Thing. :-)

[wbenton]

In any other market... this would be called dumping!!!

Except for Microsoft.

There are too many exceptions as far as Microsoft is concerned...

TOO MANY...

Just TOO MANY...

They break the coincidence barriers left and right, time and again and again and again.

Makes one wonder how Microsoft keeps the payoffs off the record!

Walt