Antivirus specialist Symantec has joined a security organisation alongside Microsoft, despite having previously come to very public blows with the software giant over its willingness to share security information on Vista.
Microsoft has released a first draft of programming interfaces meant to help security firms create products that work with kernel protection features in Windows Vista.
Security vendors are claiming Microsoft was deliberately withholding access to its Vista spyware product, but the software giant denied the charge.
Security company Kaspersky claimed that Vista's User Account Control (UAC), the system of user privileges that can be used to restrict users' administrative rights, will be so annoying that users will disable it.
A protective feature in Windows is locking out the good guys, but letting in a lot of bad guys, according to security software makers.
Without diversity in security software for Windows, computers running the Microsoft operating system will be sitting ducks, Symantec CEO John Thompson warns.
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Vendors Symantec and McAfee have looked into the future and don't want to become the next Netscapes.
New generation of software focuses as much on security as on glitzy features, as consumers get frustrated by viruses and fraud threats.
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