The local time said this Tuesday, Microsoft said that it will acquire anti-virus technology to a software company in Romania, develop its anti-virus products, officially involved in this market that has always been given to special anti-virus software companies.
Microsoft has signed a relevant agreement to acquire Romania's GECAD software companies and anti-virus software assets and intellectual property rights without public announcement. Microsoft's vice president of security business Mike said that some software developers of Gecad will also join Microsoft, but the details have not finally finalized.
Mike said that Microsoft plans to launch anti-virus products, but have not decided to bundle the base anti-virus technology in the Windows operating system. He said that Microsoft needs more work to protect customers from viral attacks and cooperate with anti-virus software professional manufacturers such as Symantec.
NetWork Associates' president, said that Microsoft introduced his company, it won't bundle anti-virus technology in a Windows operating system. NetWork Associates reached an agreement with Microsoft last month, and both parties shared the secret information of computer attacks facing Windows users.
The analyst of the Forreste Research Company Microsoft's involvement of anti-virus software products is a mafia-based behavior. He said that people don't want Microsoft to become a safety manufacturer, they just want Microsoft to provide safe products.
If Microsoft is involved in anti-virus products, anti-virus software vendors will become the largest victim. For example, Symantec and Network Associates warned that if Microsoft decided to bundle anti-virus technologies in Windows, their business may be greatly affected. NetWork Associates said in the document submitted to the regulatory agency in November last year that Microsoft's behavior may "make our products slowly." Syman Tieke is also submitted in the document submitted to the Securities Regulatory Commission in February this year. Represents a similar point of view.
Sophos said that Microsoft may not realize resources and costs that need to be investigated by anti-virus business. The company's senior security analyst Chris said that the resources required to provide reliable anti-virus solutions in the market far exceed the imagination of most people.
