EDITOR'S NOTE

Good afternoon,

Today's commentary from iTnews' resident security expert Munir Kotadia suggests a way Microsoft could reduce the scourge of fake antivirus software.

Redmond could build a whitelist into its operating system that only allows for legitimate security software to be downloaded or executed on the machine.

What do you think?

-- Brett Winterford

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