Microsoft AntiSpyware to be free of charge
Posted on February 15, 2005, under Security.
Bill Gates has pledged that the Microsoft AntiSpyware software, with technology aquired from Giant Software, will be made free to all licensed Windows users.
“Just as spyware is something that we have to nip down today, we have decided that all licensed Windows users should have that protection at no charge,” Gates said.
This is good news, and keeps MS from appearing to have a conflict of interest (in not fixing security holes), but I’m guessing the specifity of the word “licensed” means another layer of OS validation (re: “genuine Microsoft Windows”). This isn’t a huge deal if you’re legal (like I am), but it could be annoying given the troubles they’ve had in the past with XP activation.