Microsoft’s Forefront security tools due to arrive soon, antivirus vendors are wondering if they’ll lose ground to the software giant. Randy Abrams, formerly Microsoft’s operations manager for its Global Infrastructure Alliance for Internet Safety, says conspiracy theories that Microsoft’s Live OneCare and Forefront AV lines represent “extortion” by Microsoft are offbase. He says Microsoft’s entry into the AV space won’t hurt the little guys like his company, but it will put the squeeze on large companies like McAfee, Symantec, Trend Micro, and Computer Associates.”]
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