Windows 8 defaults off its own anti-virus software to avoid conflicts

Just some mobile terminal anti-virus software vendors in China compete for customers, resulting in more than two anti-virus software being installed on the same mobile phone by users and each other <; truss” Or “depending on the other party’s & ldquo; idle & rsquo; software”, anti-virus software maker McAfee disclosed yesterday that Microsoft Windows 8 built-in anti-virus software will only open when there is no other anti-virus software on the computer. Recently, the Windows 8 Release Preview version has surfaced, and Windows Defender with anti-virus software is pre-installed in this version. In the public release of the third edition of Windows 8 Preview, Windows Defender is turned on by default as a system's protection software. However, in the official version, the situation has changed. According to the head of McAfee Consumer Products Marketing, in the Windows 8 PC released in the second half of this year, Microsoft gave way to third-party vendors and computer makers in the PC protection field. “ Some domestic software vendors can seriously study the Win 8 example. "Zhong Shihong, the chief security expert of NetQin, said that some mobile terminal anti-virus software was installed on the same smart phone at the same time, and the conflict between them did cause users to be bothered. On the one hand, technically speaking, each anti-virus software occupies the same “spot” in the background of the mobile phone. If the software is turned on at the same time, it may affect the running speed of the mobile phone processor; on the other hand, due to some domestic The gap between anti-virus software vendors does not rule out the possibility that some anti-virus softwares are mutually exclusive. For example, if the opponent software is listed as “idle software”, users are advised to turn off their auto-open function or delete them directly. . In response to this phenomenon, he believes that from the perspective of several mobile phone anti-virus software currently used by users, there is absolutely no need to use a personal computer, “using a combination of anti-virus software, it is best to use only one anti-virus software alone. Just update the virus database on time to basically protect your phone. Although Win 8 has closed its own anti-virus software strategy and won the approval of some users, some insiders believe that Microsoft's move is likely to be pressured by manufacturers, because a considerable part of the latter's profits come from its anti-virus software. Manufacturer cooperation.