Microsoft seeks antivirus fix
nwfusion.com | at | by Mike
Microsoft is working behind the scenes with leading antivirus software vendors to improve the way desktop security software works with its next major operating system, code-named Longhorn.
Under enormous pressure from customers, partners and competitors to clean up its security act, Microsoft plans to open up Longhorn through one hundred or so APIs that antivirus software developers could use to get a more direct path into the operating system and applications running on it. Longhorn will be only client desktop software,and according to Microsoft, Longhorn isn't expected out until late 2004 or early 2005.