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Kaspersky accuses Microsoft of anticompetitive bundling of antivirus software

November 14, 2016

Billionaire Russian anti-virus developer Eugene Kaspersky has penned an angry blog post titled “That’s It. I’ve Had Enough!” to complain about Microsoft and Windows 10. Specifically, Kaspersky argues that the way Microsoft bundled Defender with Windows 10 is anti-competitive: he says that Microsoft has created obstacles to third-party products and is acting against the interests of the developers of third-party security software.

Accordingly, Kaspersky says that he has filed complaints with competition authorities in the EU and Russia. He asks that they force Microsoft to cease the behavior he feels is anti-competitive.

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