MS To Build Antivirus Into Win8: Boon Or Monopoly?

jfruhlinger writes "Microsoft has quietly announced that it's planning on baking anti-virus protection right into the Windows 8 OS. Users have been criticizing Windows' insecurity for years — but of course this move is raising howls of protest from anti-virus vendors, who have built a nice business out of Windows' security holes. Is this a good move by Microsoft, or a leveraging of their monopoly as bad as bundling Internet Explorer?"

Re:Anti-Trust

[roc97007]

I think that's the first time I've ever seen "Microsoft" and "too secure" in the same sentence.

Re:Anti-Trust

[blair1q]

You're typing into it.

Dam(n)

[clinko]

"Dam company to provide leak protection in future dams. Dam contractors angry."

Re:Perspectives

[tokul]

Microsoft AV is among the lest resource intensive AV programs I have seen.

only snake oil uses less resources.