Microsoft to enter Anti-Spyware Market as well

Microsoft to enter Anti-Spyware Market as well

Microsoft decided to enter the Anti-Virus market sometime back when they bought Romanian antivirus firm GeCad in 2003. And they have been testing the application privately since sometime. No details are out on when and how they will release it. And now, they are contemplating entering the other major PC Security and Maintenance Market, Anti-Spyware software market.

Bill Gates said on Friday that Microsoft plans to enter this market as well and would stay actively involved with regular updates. The funny thing is that he himself admitted that he has suffered from malware applications on his personal machines! Maybe he should think about trying out some of the alternate browsers out there! Just like the Antivirus application, Microsoft has yet not revealed any further information on this new development.

The current leaders in this market are Lavasoft Ad-Aware and SpyBot Search&Destroy.