Abstract

Microsoft's debut of anti-spyware software in January 2005 along with a clearly signalled intention to launch comprehensive anti-virus software later in the year, could herald a turning point in PC security. The recent acquisition of anti-virus vendor, Sybari, gives Microsoft even more mileage in this direction. Yet amid the predictable responses, like accusations of too little too late, there is the lingering question of whether Microsoft can be trusted to deliver security when arguably it was vulnerabilities in its software that created the need for it in the first place.

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