Antivirus Tools Fool XP's Security Center

From: ! anonymous (anonymous_at_anonymous.anonymous)
Date: 02/03/05 

Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 18:06:29 +0100

 Antivirus Tools Fool XP's Security Center
http://www.msfn.org/comments.php?shownews=11726
 
Microsoft's Windows XP Service Pack 2 is supposed to improve security.
Its Windows Security Center should alert you when your antivirus
software is missing or out of date. But in our tests, both McAfee's
Internet Security Suite 2005 and Symantec's Norton Internet Security
2005 crippled SP2's ability to deliver accurate alerts immediately
after installation.

We installed each application on a PC running SP2, and both caused the
Windows Security Center to report erroneously that the products were
up-to-date. Any antivirus software must be updated immediately after
you install it to protect the computer against viruses discovered
since the software's initial release.

McAfee and Symantec acknowledge that their products intentionally
disable the Windows Security Center's messaging feature. Both
companies say the reason for doing so is to streamline customers'
experience; neither company plans to alter its practices.

Full story: PC World
http://www.pcworld.com/resource/article/0,aid,119376,pg,1,RSS,RSS,00.asp

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