I don’t know about this article..Sounds like it’s going to be as sucessful as ME, “Antivirus software makers aim to protect users against Internet threats, but now have to face a new threat of their own: Microsoft.
The software titan ventured nearly to the Black Sea to get the venture under way. On Tuesday, it announced plans to purchase the technology and intellectual property of Bucharest, Romania-based antivirus firm GeCad and hire some of the company’s employees.
Microsoft positioned the acquisition as the next step in its Trustworthy Computing initiative, a move aimed at securing what the company estimates as the nearly two-thirds of Windows users who don’t have up-to-date antivirus software on their computers. While the software giant hasn’t finalized how it will use the technology, the intent is to provide a paid-subscription service to Windows users, said Mike Nash, vice president of Microsoft’s Security Business Unit. ”