Symantec and McAfee see drops in market share.
A report by analyst firm
NPD Group
has revealed that anti-malware heavyweights
Symantec
and
McAfee
both lost market share following the release of
Microsoft
‘s consumer product
Live OneCare
last year.
According to the report,
Symantec
‘s
Norton
product took 64.7% of the US retail market in the fourth quarter of 2006, down from 76% in the same period in 2005.
McAfee
‘s market share dropped from 14.4% in 2005 to 13% in 2006. Meanwhile, the news was happier for
CA
and
Trend Micro
, with their market shares jumping by 3.4% and 0.6% respectively. Just six months after its release, newcomer
Microsoft Live OneCare
took a respectable 4.4% of the market during the fourth quarter.
Posted on 01 February 2007 by
Virus Bulletin
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