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Microsoft set to unleash OneCare in one day
News Microsoft announced its intention to offer antivirus products in June 2003 when it bought Romanian antivirus software developer GeCad Software. Microsoft plans to start selling Windows OneCare Live on Thursday, three years after it announced its... [31 May 2006]
Microsoft security service to ship in June
News Microsoft announced its intent to offer antivirus products in June 2003 when it bought Romanian antivirus software developer GeCad Software. Microsoft plans to ship a new security product in June, charging $49.95 (£28.66) a year to shield up to... [08 Feb 2006]
Microsoft antivirus product due before summer
News Two years ago, Microsoft announced its intent to offer antivirus products when it bought Romanian antivirus software developer GeCad Software. Microsoft plans to release its subscription security program before the summer and to challenge its main... [07 Feb 2006]
Microsoft security tools: Beta late than never
News Microsoft announced its intent to offer antivirus products two years ago, when it bought Romanian antivirus software developer GeCad Software. Selected software testers are getting a look at OneCare Live, Microsoft's subscription antivirus and anti... [21 Jul 2005]
Microsoft buys up antivirus firm
News Microsoft already owns some antivirus technology, which it bought from Romania's GeCad in 2003, but it has not yet released its own antivirus product. Microsoft plans to acquire Sybari Software, marking its latest effort to bolster its presence in... [09 Feb 2005]
Microsoft's latest patch needs patching
News Antivirus specialist GeCad Net is warning that it has found a problem with Microsoft's most recent software patch for Windows. GeCad, which sold its antivirus software business to Microsoft in 2003, said that the patch has not addressed at least... [25 Jan 2005]
10 points on Microsoft's 2005 'to do' list
News The analyst house criticises the Great Plains, Navision and GeCAD buys as not delivering enough fast enough. Specialist analysis house Directions on Microsoft has released a list of what it considers the top 10 challenges for the software giant in... [22 Dec 2004]
Microsoft to offer anti-spyware, says Gates
News The company purchased Romanian antivirus firm GeCad in 2003. Microsoft plans to offer its own anti-spyware software, chairman Bill Gates said. Gates said Microsoft will offer software to detect malicious applications and that the company will keep... [04 Oct 2004]
Microsoft - the antivirus vendor?
News A standalone antivirus product will be built from tools the company inherited through its 2003 acquisitions of GeCad and Pelican Software, according to a report published in silicon.com sister publication ZDNet France, citing the technical head of... [29 Jul 2004]
Microsoft dismisses antivirus acquisition rumours
News Speaking to silicon.com at the Tech Ed developer conference in Amsterdam this week, Steven Adler, European senior security specialist at Microsoft, said the company's antivirus plans are still at an early stage, including the integration of... [01 Jul 2004]
Re:Viewing 2003: The return of the virus
News Perhaps the biggest piece of news was Microsoft's move into the AV space, via the acquisition of Romanian firm GeCAD. Since the late nineties there has been a trend which has seen each year characterised by at least one major virus outbreak - be it... [23 Dec 2003]
Ballmer: On Microsoft's virus strategy, Apple, Adobe and more...
News In June, Microsoft purchased GeCad Software, a Romanian maker of anti-virus software. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer warned on Monday that recent security vulnerabilities represent a "new and growing challenge to innovation" and conceded that his... [16 Sep 2003]
Microsoft to bundle own anti-virus protection?
News The company acquired Romanian anti-virus company GeCAD last month for an undisclosed sum in what it said was an effort to better understand how viruses attack systems. Microsoft has admitted it must overcome a reputation for poor security in its... [02 Jul 2003]
Microsoft the anti-virus company: Could it really happen?
News Clearswift's Hockey also put forward another reason why Microsoft made its recent purchase of Romanian anti-virus firm GeCAD. GeCAD made one of the best Linux security solutions and cynics will say that Microsoft's move was aimed at deliberately... [27 Jun 2003]
Microsoft buys Romanian AV vendor
News Microsoft has acquired Romanian anti-virus company GeCAD for an undisclosed sum. Graham Titterington, principal analyst at Ovum, said: "Microsoft’s acquisition of GeCAD, rather than of a bigger anti-virus player, indicates that Microsoft wants to... [10 Jun 2003]
