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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
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Thursday June 22 2017, @02:44PM (1 child)
Security is - and always should have been - the job of the operating system.
Exactly. 3rd-party products have no place here.
The fact that Microsoft Windows needed external help in the area for so long? That's just embarrassing, and something that they fixed starting with Windows Defender in Win7.
Exactly. But now they've addressed this issue, so these 3rd-party products just need to go away. It's MS's OS, and they're free to hobble or disable 3rd-party antivirus products all they want. If you don't like that, and you aren't satisfied with their built-in security measures, then find an OS that suits you better.
While some anti-virus products did good work, too many were nearly useless, and there was a whole range of scams in this area as well.
That's absolutely true too. The whole 3rd-party Windows security industry was basically a big scam.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 23 2017, @04:09AM
Tell your boss you are going to install Linux or Mac on all desktops and see how long you have a job. Microsoft is considered a monopoly for a reason.
I'd love to be rid of 3rd party AV but the MS stuff isn't making that possible. The 90% score simply doesn't cut it. Would you buy a car that doesn't start 3 days a month or use a phone that misses 10% of calls or a go to a surgeon that kills one in ten patients?