Microsoft Details Antivirus And Anti-Spyware Timetable
The company will begin offering a test version of a new anti-spyware product to businesses by the end of the year and will test new antivirus and anti-spam software next year, CEO Steve Ballmer said at a news conference in Munich, Germany, last week. Ballmer appeared at the event in the technology-heavy German city with corporate VP Mike Nash, who heads Microsoft's security unit.
The software vendor is developing what it calls Client Protection technology that can guard desktops, laptops, and file servers against spyware, malware, and tools used by hackers to break into operating systems and applications. It's testing an anti-spyware product for home PC users, but Client Protection, which includes technology it acquired from GeCAD Software Srl. and Giant Company Software Inc., will offer management features for IT departments and integration with Windows Active Directory. Microsoft is working out details such as pricing and whether it will make the software available via the Web or CD.
The new antivirus and anti-spam security software, called Antigen, will run on messaging and collaboration servers, including Microsoft Exchange. Antigen is based on technology from Sybari Software Inc., which Microsoft acquired in June. Microsoft also plans to form an industry group called the Secure IT Alliance with Symantec, Trend Micro, VeriSign, and other companies. The group will build a development lab to design computer-security technology, according to Microsoft.
The software vendor is developing what it calls Client Protection technology that can guard desktops, laptops, and file servers against spyware, malware, and tools used by hackers to break into operating systems and applications. It's testing an anti-spyware product for home PC users, but Client Protection, which includes technology it acquired from GeCAD Software Srl. and Giant Company Software Inc., will offer management features for IT departments and integration with Windows Active Directory. Microsoft is working out details such as pricing and whether it will make the software available via the Web or CD.
The new antivirus and anti-spam security software, called Antigen, will run on messaging and collaboration servers, including Microsoft Exchange. Antigen is based on technology from Sybari Software Inc., which Microsoft acquired in June. Microsoft also plans to form an industry group called the Secure IT Alliance with Symantec, Trend Micro, VeriSign, and other companies. The group will build a development lab to design computer-security technology, according to Microsoft.
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