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Microsoft Corporation is expected to publicly unveil its OneCare Live security subscription suite this summer, offering it to the consumer market for $50, or as embedded software with newer versions of its other software solutions. While Microsoft is clearly the world's largest software solutions provider, over the years its software has experienced inefficiencies and bugs. BitDefender believes this has cost businesses and consumers millions - if not billions of dollars in lost productivity.
Microsoft's current security solutions have recently detected antivirus software from vendors including Symantec and BitDefender as spyware (see: http://tinyurl.com/dhzzd).
"Microsoft fixed this problem with us in about a week. It's part of Microsoft flexing its muscles and displaying its tactics in the lucrative security market," commented Mihai Radu, BitDefender's worldwide communications manager. "In the antivirus industry, the best reaction time is from two to 10 hours. Do you actually believe that Microsoft will succeed in updating its products in two hours?"
"Consumers who really care about security will want more than what Microsoft will offer. BitDefender offers the possibility for consumers to choose their level of protection, and how they wish to be protected. We believe it's important to give users these options. BitDefender has already succeeded in taking market share from other industry-leading, monolithic, heavily entrenched companies and has become one of the preferred security brands in Europe. We don't have anything to lose from Microsoft," added Radu.
Microsoft's current security solutions have recently detected antivirus software from vendors including Symantec and BitDefender as spyware (see: http://tinyurl.com/dhzzd).
"Microsoft fixed this problem with us in about a week. It's part of Microsoft flexing its muscles and displaying its tactics in the lucrative security market," commented Mihai Radu, BitDefender's worldwide communications manager. "In the antivirus industry, the best reaction time is from two to 10 hours. Do you actually believe that Microsoft will succeed in updating its products in two hours?"
"Consumers who really care about security will want more than what Microsoft will offer. BitDefender offers the possibility for consumers to choose their level of protection, and how they wish to be protected. We believe it's important to give users these options. BitDefender has already succeeded in taking market share from other industry-leading, monolithic, heavily entrenched companies and has become one of the preferred security brands in Europe. We don't have anything to lose from Microsoft," added Radu.
Source: http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/g...184&newsLang=en
