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November 7, 2005
MS AntiSpyware is Now Windows Defender
The Anti-Malware Engineering Team has reported that Microsoft AntiSpyware will be rebranded to "Microsoft Windows Defender". The change comes after speculation of MS AntiSpyware integrated into Windows Vista. Windows Defender will be part of Vista when it releases. Some people (including myself) are thinking that Microsoft will be underfire for bundling their software with their operating systems.
However, Microsoft blogger, Steve Dodson, reassured us:
The biggest announcement we are making is that Windows Defender will be a part of Vista when it releases. You will be able to run another spyware product instead of Windows Defender if you would like. Although I may shed a small tear, you will be able to disable or turn off Windows Defender and install whichever 3rd party anti-spyware application you would like. The really cool thing is that the Windows Security Center in Vista will be redesigned to detect if an Anti-Spyware application such as Windows Defender is running and operating normally.The name "Windows Defender" might run into some legal trouble considering their is already a security program called "Windows Defender". I'm interested to see what will happen to OneCare after this (maybe they'll be seperate...) and if we can get our hands on it, we'll post some screenshots!
Posted by AlexM at November 7, 2005 4:03 PM