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Re: symantec to buy pc tools
From: "Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:52:04 -0800
Date sent: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:55:32 +1200 From: Nick FitzGerald <nick () virus-l demon co uk>
Or maybe CP had already done that deal with Microsoft, before the Symantec purchase, so that MS could include an AV -- _any_ AV -- in the MS-DOS v5.0 release?
Yup, it was done before the purchase.
(I heard MS wasn't willing to pay very much in royalties for the privilege of bundling whatever AV they could get, hence they got the crappiest and one of several "obviously failing" products at the time...)
Yup, I remember the very strong rumours of the time, although I never managed to get confirmation. The price I heard was "free," which CP allegedly agreed to because they figured they'd make money on updates. Unfortunately, nobody told DOS/Windows purchasers that their "free" AV needed signature updates, so CP didn't make many sales.
Regardless of whether the CPAV/MS deal was pre- or post-Symantec buyout, I'm fairly sure Symantec actually produced detection update files for MSAV for a while after it bought CP, but not for long/very regularly.
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- Re: symantec to buy pc tools Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah (Aug 18)
- Re: symantec to buy pc tools Nick FitzGerald (Aug 18)