Symantec will fight off Microsoft's security software challenge by being better at coming up with new ideas, the company's CEO said on Monday.
Antivirus firm McAfee's president believes the company will be able to compete with Microsoft after the software giant launches its OneCare Live security products -- because security is not something you can do "part-time".
Microsoft plans to start selling Windows OneCare Live in the US on Thursday, three years after it announced its intent to move into the antivirus space.
Microsoft is expected to launch updated and renamed Antigen e-mail security products, nearly a year after completing the takeover of their maker, Sybari.
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Without diversity in security software for Windows, computers running the Microsoft operating system will be sitting ducks, Symantec CEO John Thompson warns.
Although Office and Windows continue to produce vast revenue and profits for Microsoft, some of the company's other well-known consumer titles are generating only a trickle of business.
Alarmist advice and unbacked claims by security software vendor Symantec has the Macintosh community up in arms.
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Windows Live OneCare is the first of many managed online security services to debut this year. We recommend waiting, then comparing the offerings from Symantec, McAfee, and other established security vendors before deciding on a managed online security service.
Despite its purchase of GeCad, a Romanian antivirus vendor, the software giant will continue to do what it does best--and the rest of the antivirus industry can breathe easy.
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