Microsoft is likely to own the antivirus and anti-spyware sector, industry experts say. “Microsoft is poised to make a huge dent in the $2.5 billion AV market,” says Thomas Ptacek. Symantec, McAfee, Trend Micro say they aren’t losing sleep over Microsoft joining the party. “There will be fewer mega-companies in the security space,” says Randy Abrams, formerly Microsoft’s operations manager for its Global Infrastructure Alliance for Internet Safety.”]
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