Microsoft released Windows Vista for businesses on Thursday, but most security companies look like they need more time to deliver tools to protect the new operating system.
Security company Kaspersky claimed that Vista's User Account Control (UAC), the system of user privileges that can be used to restrict users' administrative rights, will be so annoying that users will disable it.
Symantec is thinking up ways to take the pain out of a security feature in Windows Vista.
Security rivals' reaction to word that Microsoft will make changes in Windows Vista to allay competitive concerns: We'll believe it when we see it.
The debate surrounding Windows Security Center and PatchGuard has turned vicious, with McAfee and Microsoft both claiming that the other is motivated by commercial factors rather than security concerns.
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Vendors Symantec and McAfee have looked into the future and don't want to become the next Netscapes.
Product marks company's entry into market for desktop security products for businesses, but not much is known about it yet.
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McAfee Internet Security 2008 trounces Norton Internet Security 2008, offering a better designed product with more security tools.
McAfee VirusScan Plus 2008's protection keeps up with the changing threats on the Internet, but the product doesn't excel, burdened by a user experience that's basically unchanged from last year.
With McAfee Wireless Protection, McAfee enhances last year's stand-alone wireless protection application with a few new features, however much of what you can do with McAfee Wireless Protection is available for free with Windows XP.
McAfee Total Protection 2007 does what it says on the label -- it protects your PC from all sorts of nasty attacks, albeit at a fairly high cost to your system performance, especially on older PCs.
Norton Internet Security 2009 hits all the right security notes and its superior protection technologies might even win back some jaded anti-Symantec folks, though the lack of adequate technical support may continue to frustrate.
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