Microsoft Is Expanding Its Monopole Over the Security Field
Microsoft has succeeded to end, through buying or negotiating, every antitrust lawsuit it faced so far… But there are still many lands to conquer and since Microsoft is the indisputable leader on the operating system market, why shouldn’t it be the same with an antivirus solution or an anti-spyware product?
The security solution announced last week by Microsoft, under the name of Microsoft Client Protection, is aimed at companies, but the company is also preparing Windows OneCare Live, an antivirus and anti-spyware solution for end users.
This outcome has been expected ever since Microsoft announced the acquisition
of several security companies. The corporation signed in June 2003 a contract for the intellectual property and technological resources of the Romanian company GeCAD SRL. GeCAD technologies are allegedly integrated in the security products and services.