Microsoft virus alliance grows
ENT News | at | by Mike
Three few weeks after sending shockwaves through the anti-virus industry with the announcement that it had bought an anti-virus vendor, Microsoft and three security partners made nice in public with an extension of Microsoft's Virus Information Alliance (VIA).
Computer Associates, Sybari and Symantec on Tuesday all formally joined the VIA, which Microsoft originally launched May 21 with Network Associates and Trend Micro. The stated purpose of the alliance is to create a centralized resource for Microsoft Windows and Outlook customers to get information on worm, virus, trojan and other malware threats.