the Federal Antimonopoly service suspected Microsoft for abuse of dominant position. The basis for the initiation of the case was the complaint of “Kaspersky Lab.”
the Federal Antimonopoly service (FAS) of Russia initiated a case against Microsoft on grounds of abuse of dominance, said the Agency.
the Case was initiated after a complaint of “Kaspersky Lab”, said the FAS. The reason for this was the decision of Microsoft to reduce from two months to six days time to adjust the compatibility of the antivirus software produced by third-party developers, operating system Windows 10 should be the message.
Such actions lead to unjustified advantages for Microsoft in the software market, because the company itself is the developer of antivirus Windows Defender, which is automatically activated if a third-party antivirus software is not managed to adapt to Windows 10, said Deputy head of FAS Anatoly Golomolzin, whose words are reported.
the Press service of Microsoft at the time of publication had not responded to a request to RBC.
“Kaspersky Lab” applied to FAS only after several months of negotiations with Microsoft, having exhausted all opportunities for direct settlement with the company, said the head of the press service of “Kaspersky Lab” Yulia ilina. She noted that the company also intends to file a complaint to the European Commission.
Microsoft before the release of the RTM version of Windows 10 gives developers the protective products for a few days to ensure the compatibility of their solutions with them, said Ilyin. She noted that for operating systems Windows 7 and Windows 8, this period was two months and six days. In addition, if the user navigates to Windows 10, as the current version of the antivirus installed on the device is incompatible with this operating system, the user is not informed about the need to install compatible versions of third-party antivirus deleted and replaced with the included Windows Defender, said the representative of “Kaspersky Lab”.
Microsoft has created a situation in which other manufacturers of security solutions are not able to completely fulfill its obligations to users, which leaves the latter without protection, limits their choices of antivirus software and leads to the fact that third-party manufacturers suffer financial losses, said Deputy General Director of “Kaspersky Lab” on legal issues and security Igor Chekunov.
In February 2015, the Federal Antimonopoly service opened a case against Google. The case was filed after the Agency for the American company complained of “Yandex”. The Russian Internet company said that Google, which owns the Android mobile platform, restricts manufacturers of mobile devices in collaboration with the creators of competing services. “Yandex” has applied to the FAS after the smartphone manufacturers Fly, Explay and Prestigio refused to install on an Android device it services, citing the contract terms with Google.
in the Fall of 2015, the FAS found Google violated the law on protection of competition (part 1 of article 10) and ordered to exclude from the agreements with smartphone manufacturers limit the installation of applications and services of other developers. Google tried to challenge the decision of FAS in court, but lost. In August 2016, the FAS has determined the amount of the fine to Google for the restriction of competition — 438 mln.
date of execution of the requirements Google has expired 29 August. In early November, the Agency fined Google Inc. and Google Ireland Ltd to 500 thousand rubles each for breach of regulation. In September, the head of FAS Igor Artemyev said that the Agency is ready to impose new penalties in relation to Google every two weeks, if the company would delay the implementation of the requirements of the regulator.
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