InformationWeek has an article on Microsoft’s free antivirus program which will take the place of their OneCare pay antivirus. see this article
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/06/microsoft_free.html;jsessionid=2N50OKSPSBWJOQSNDLPCKH0CJUNN2JVN
Some pudnits say it’s about time. Others say that it won’t provide the necessary protection that antivirus makes like Symantec, McAfee provide. I haven’t seen statistics on how many computers are out there without antivirus protection, but I believe there’s probably lot. Many of them not wanting to spend the $$ or that the antivirus program slows their computer down to much.
Anyone want to speculate what the fallout will be once Microsoft offers free antivirus as part of the Genuine Advantage program?
While I don’t think that Symantec or McAfee will go out of business anytime soon, other companies might.