Originally posted by: tzdk
They should have made this when XP came out. Did not because they are lazy, dont know how people outside their test usergroups use computers, wanted to make money with OneCare or scared of problems with Trend, Mcafee, Symantec or other monsters.
You have always been able to find good free security software but not like they all have worked out of the box or thinking much of grandmas. With the exception of Avast perhaps - at least they try hard. Avast dont have many employees, think Ive read 25-50. So in MS world no big effort required and not new territory for them either. Now they have, for whatever reason, realized AV should be available to all - perhaps also that not all use Windows with high security settings
If you look at one of the better AV-testing sites AV-Comparatives it seems like general level of security can increase a lot when this gets out. MS is not behind or not far behind. Ever changing numbers/results not really important as long as product is decent, easy to install and use. Must understand the level millions are on, or lack of.