Microsoft has appeased Kaspersky with a few changes to its Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, leading to a removal of the antitrust complaint Kaspersky filed against the company in Europe. The antivirus maker wasn't pleased that Windows upgrades were disabling its antivirus software.
Kaspersky filed a complaint in June, alleging Microsoft was disabling antivirus apps in order to "fiercely promote" Windows Defender. Microsoft admitted it had disabled incompatible versions of software from companies like Kaspersky.
Moving forward, Microsoft will "work more closely with AV vendors to help them with compatibility reviews in advance of each feature update becoming available to customers." And the company will give antivirus makers more notice about upcoming Windows 10 versions so that they can prepare their software.
The Fall Update will also now let antivirus apps "use their own alerts and notifications to renew antivirus products before and after they have expired." And Microsoft is changing the way Windows 10 tells someone an app has expired.
Instead of providing an initial toast notification that users could ignore, the new notification will persist on the screen until the user either elects to renew the existing solution or chooses to rely on Windows Defender or another solution provider,- Rob Lefferts, Microsoft
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