Kaspersky charges Microsoft to shut down its program on Windows

Kaspersky, a Russian security and protection firm, filed an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft in the European Union accusing the company of misusing its dominant power and Windows operating system to pay more for its integrated anti-virus program than Windows 10.

Kaspersky has complained to the Russian antitrust authority, but bringing the lawsuit to the European Commission and the Antimonopoly Office in Germany means giving the issue more impetus to Europeans' interest in monopoly issues, especially with Microsoft.

Kaspersky's co-founder Eugene Kaspersky said Microsoft is using the large market share of Windows to promote its Windows Defender protection program. He added that when upgrading to Windows 10, Microsoft removes the Kaspersky software within the protection settings and instead do the company's built-in software with the operating system.

Over the past years, Microsoft has been working on developing Windows Defender, increasing its basic security capabilities and becoming virtualized in the operating system.

For its part, Microsoft said its goal is to protect users of Windows system and the benefits of protection in accordance with the laws of competition and will respond to the company's judicial inquiries and even offered to Kaspersky meeting and negotiate the complaint.

But there was no meeting and meeting involving Microsoft and Kaspersky officials so things went to legal solutions.

This case reminds us of the default browser issues and the default search engine in Windows where Microsoft prefers its services to competitors' services.