MS to omit anti-virus from Vista

Testing times for next-gen OS
By John Leyden
Published Monday 30th January 2006 16:36 GMT

Microsoft will omit anti-virus protection in Vista, the next version of Windows, which it plans to ship late this year. As with previous versions of Windows dating back to Windows 2000 at least, Redmond is promoting Vista as a landmark improvement in Windows security.

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