It's not being delivered via Windows Update, but via the Microsoft Update service, the same service that, in the words of Gregg Keizer "also offers patches for new versions of non-operating system software, notably Office and Windows Media Player." Windows Update is not a choice for users, and we believe it should not be used this way."įirst off, Carpenter isn't quite right about how Microsoft Security Essentials is being made available as a download. Windows Update is a de facto extension of Windows, so to begin delivering software tied to updates has us concerned. He quotes Carol Carpenter, the general manager of the consumer and small business group at Trend Micro as saying: "Commercializing Windows Update to distribute other software applications raises significant questions about unfair competition. Computerworld's Gregg Keizer reports that security vendor Trend Micro claims this is anticompetitive behavior.
Microsoft recently began making Security Essentials available as a free download through the Microsoft Update service.
Given that Microsoft makes no money from Security Essentials, though, this is good news for consumers, who can now more easily get a solid security program without paying a penny. Anti-malware maker Trend Micro has been complaining that Microsoft is delivering the free Security Essentials program via the Microsoft Update service, calling the move anti-competitive.
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