Microsoft plans to focus on rapid acquisitions to quickly build its security capabilities, the company said this week.
Microsoft's plans to launch an antivirus application will improve overall Internet security, a leading competitor conceded.
Apple Macintosh users could be making themselves less secure by installing Symantec's flagship anti-virus application.
Research group Gartner has said that Mac OS X users are now safer from a mass attack -- such as Blaster on Windows -- than they were two years ago, partly because Microsoft has closed so many holes in its ubiquitous platform.
Microsoft should be concentrating on securing Windows so it no longer needs an anti-virus product instead of trying to squeeze established AV vendors out of the market, according to Gartner.
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If providers don't pitch in against the threat, customers might defect -- and the health of the Net itself could suffer.
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