No antivirus software for Vista yet

Most security companies in the world to date - even if Vista has officially launched - still do not have an antivirus software for this new operating system.

Yesterday (November 30) major security firms such as Symantec, Trend Micro and CA said they are still in the process of developing antivirus software specifically for Vista and it is not until next month that these software can come out. user eyes.

Until now, only McAfee has released complete antivirus software for Microsoft's new operating system.

" McAfee is the only security company to date offering McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.5 software and McAfee AntiSpyware Enterprise 8.5 exclusively for Vista operating systems ," Rees Johnson - Vice President of Product Management by McAfee - said.

Symantec plans to release AntiVirus Corporate Edition for Vista at the end of December. Meanwhile, OfficeScan for Trend Micro's Vista must be available early next year.

" Lack of antivirus software will be one of the reasons users and businesses are reluctant to switch to Vista ," said Natalie Lambert, an analyst at Forrester Research. " Another reason is that there are still a lot of software applications that are compatible with Windows Vista, especially those of enterprise application tool software ."

Meanwhile, Microsoft is very optimistic and still predicts that the speed of Vista application will be twice as fast as the application speed of Windows XP. Vista is advertised by Microsoft as the safest version of Windows operating system ever. However, the company still recommends that users use third-party security software, which now has a lot of malicious code out there, and Vista's security solutions spread over the Internet.

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