Microsoft will release test versions of its new security software for businesses later in 2005 and early next year, chief executive Steve Ballmer said Thursday.
The new programs, called Client Protection and Antigen, will fight Internet viruses, spyware and spam e-mail messages.
They will incorporate technology Microsoft acquired when it purchased several security companies, including antivirus-program makers GeCAD and Sybari Software Inc. The Redmond, Wash., software giant already has beta versions of antivirus and anti-spyware software for consumers. Taken together, the products strike at the heart of local security vendors Symantec and McAfee's business
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