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Microsoft Admits to Disabling Third-Party Anti-Virus Code if Win 10 Doesn't Like It

posted by n1 on Thursday June 22 2017, @06:02AM   Printer-friendly
from the windows-10-is-the-virus dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Windows 10 does disable some third-party security software, Microsoft has admitted, but because of compatibility – not competitive – issues.

Redmond is currently being sued by security house Kaspersky Lab in the EU, Germany and Russia over alleged anti-competitive behavior because it bundles the Windows Defender security suite into its latest operating system. Kaspersky (and others) claim Microsoft is up to its Internet Explorer shenanigans again, but that's not so, said the operating system giant.

"Microsoft's application compatibility teams found that roughly 95 per cent of Windows 10 PCs had an antivirus application installed that was already compatible with Windows 10 Creators Update," said Rob Lefferts, director of security in the Windows and Devices group.

Source: The Register
Archive article: Archive.org

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by coolgopher on Thursday June 22 2017, @01:12PM (1 child)

    by coolgopher (1157) on Thursday June 22 2017, @01:12PM (#529482)

    Ironically, the Memphis beta release was surprisingly solid, responsive and felt like a serious upgrade from Win95. Then they dropped Win98. As in, dropped it from a height and let it crater into unsuspecting people.

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  • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday June 23 2017, @12:43AM

    by bob_super (1357) on Friday June 23 2017, @12:43AM (#529730)

    We had fully working pirate versions of Windows 97 and NT 5.0 (no, not typos, that's what they installed as, splash screen and all...).

    97 was pretty unstable, but more usable than 95 and 98 pre-ES2
    NT 5.0 was solid, but too many game compatibility issues.

    I didn't realize those install disks could become collectors... Or that a microsoft OS fitting on one CD would be a cherished memory.