Future Antivirus Solutions, Windows Platform Investments Will Provide Customers With Added Protection
Microsoft Corp. today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the intellectual property and technology assets of GeCAD Software Srl., a provider of antivirus technology based in Bucharest, Romania. Microsoft’s acquisition of GeCAD’s technology will help secure customers by providing antivirus solutions for Microsoft® products and services. In addition to developing new solutions, Microsoft will use the GeCAD engineering expertise and technology to enhance the Windows® platform and extend support for third-party antivirus vendors so they can provide customers with increasingly secure and comprehensive levels of virus protection.
"Customers told us they needed a safer, more trustworthy computing experience to help combat the threats posed by those who write viruses and malicious code," said Mike Nash, corporate vice president of the Security Business Unit at Microsoft. "This acquisition will help us and our partner antivirus providers further mitigate risks from these threats."
The knowledge and experience acquired from GeCAD will contribute to Microsoft’s understanding of how systems are attacked, enabling Microsoft to more effectively focus on platform improvements that will benefit customers and industry partners alike. Microsoft plans to focus efforts on technologies that address both current concerns and anticipate future needs. For example, work will be done to help increase today’s limited percentage of customers that are protected with updated antivirus signatures, and attention also will be given to developing next-generation solutions for evolving threat models.
News source: Microsoft PressPass
Microsoft Corp. today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the intellectual property and technology assets of GeCAD Software Srl., a provider of antivirus technology based in Bucharest, Romania. Microsoft’s acquisition of GeCAD’s technology will help secure customers by providing antivirus solutions for Microsoft® products and services. In addition to developing new solutions, Microsoft will use the GeCAD engineering expertise and technology to enhance the Windows® platform and extend support for third-party antivirus vendors so they can provide customers with increasingly secure and comprehensive levels of virus protection.
"Customers told us they needed a safer, more trustworthy computing experience to help combat the threats posed by those who write viruses and malicious code," said Mike Nash, corporate vice president of the Security Business Unit at Microsoft. "This acquisition will help us and our partner antivirus providers further mitigate risks from these threats."
The knowledge and experience acquired from GeCAD will contribute to Microsoft’s understanding of how systems are attacked, enabling Microsoft to more effectively focus on platform improvements that will benefit customers and industry partners alike. Microsoft plans to focus efforts on technologies that address both current concerns and anticipate future needs. For example, work will be done to help increase today’s limited percentage of customers that are protected with updated antivirus signatures, and attention also will be given to developing next-generation solutions for evolving threat models.
News source: Microsoft PressPass
Amendments of 0.7.1240 beta since the last release:
- "Server Busy" problem.
- Left click 'blocked address indicator' on status bar will show reopen blocked pop window menu, right click will popup ad hunter option menu.
- In organize group dialog, url name with check mark will be used as sticky name.
- IE proxy support.
- Reopen Filtered Address dialog.
- Number of filtered pop window at status bar.
- Hold Shift to bypass resume last visited pages at startup.
- New Gesture, Down-Left to close all window except current
- BPM technology.
- "Show tooltip" at favorite option panel.
- "Enable Super Drag Drop" at general option panel. Unselect this option to use IE's internal drag drop function.
- WebProxy and translation are bind together as "Translation & Service"
- WebProxy toolbar button is replaced by "Setup Center"
- "Confirmation" option page.
- "When Starting" option page.
- AD Hunter exceptional list (White list).
- Sidebar Plugin support.
- "Appreciation Service". Thanks for all donators
As per my comment there, well done MS. RAV is an often overlooked AV system that actually performs *equally* to McAfee,NAV,Sophos, and most other big names.
Edit: Wups, just noticed this was on the front page news already. DOH!
Like the firewall in XP it needs a basic version that can be upgraded to all the bells and whistles from 3rd party providers.
There should as least be some basic antivirus/pest/firewall protection enabled by default on all computers sold--even if it's only temporary protection until the user can install the security software of his or her choice. I would even go so far as to suggest that restrictions be placed on a user's ability to go online without security measures in place. Just as society requires that motor vehicles meet minimum safety standards before allowing them to be operated on public roads, so should computers be forced to meet minimum security standards before allowing them access to the public Internet where they can be used by criminals to attack third parties.
Why do people post things like that when its obvious they don't know what they are talking about?
Last edited by 7725 on 11 Jun 2003 - 20:22
I installed RAV for qmail on the mail server of one of the companies I used to work for -- still running strong, excellent.
That sounds like a good thing, as long as they don't ditch my qmail support.
While on the subject; I'm using Earthlink with a very 'private' (not published) email add., and while I get limited spam messages, I get probably 2-3 emails DAILY that contain either trojans or viruses.
and if you reinstall XP you gotta do it all over again (which is a lot when new all-in-one nforce2 drivers dont work from nvidia, or IEs open-in-new-window issue (i tried everything and ended up with creating a new XP account, fdsckfd registry usage)
then we have outlook which wont start up without msn messenger. oh and you should see how many registry keys the "zip folder" feature of XP (READ: not its explorer) has. and why the hell does XP have to read every detail about a .avi file just because i enable details view (remember my settings #¤"%#¤% XP), if its corrupt (or some divX) explorer goes 99% on the cpu, and if I wanto "fix" that I can remove up to 4 CLSIDs that has references all over the registry.
dont worry, theres lots more (DLL HELL "fix" wastes 350MB). changes wont happen without a demand.
they will release this with the os or pc satifaction program and prevent other antivirus programs from working in the next os
Letting the facts get in the way of your assumptions again, eh?
dont let blind loyality to microsoft stop you from waking up and understanding what is happening.
anyways, i do understand, as many as you out there like Werejag who get a little knowledgeable about registries and how to get around in platforms think they know everything about future decisions to where a platform may lead or what direction a company like Microsoft may lead us to a new generation of technology, it is by no means by anyone including its vast departments to where Mr Gates takes its leadership.
As to Wererjag, sometimes its better to keep ur month shut if you don't know or qualify to what your talking about. you spend way too much time on your computer finding the new betas or prog before anyone in your community then showing it off thinking that your friends may think your a computer GURU. i'd find something else to do that is more physically challenge and healthier for yourself.
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