New player in security market

By Todd Bishop
Seattle Post Intelligence Reporter
March 08, 2004

A security program to debut later this year for Microsoft Windows-based computers won't come under the name McAfee, Norton, or any other brand often linked with firewalls and virus protection.

It will come from Microsoft itself.

Dubbed the Windows Security Center, it will monitor the status of a computer's defenses against viruses and other attacks. Although it won't actually scan for viruses, it's the latest example of the way Microsoft is edging into the field of security software by adding new capabilities to the Windows operating system.

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