Make Way for Morro

Reuters broke the news.

Thurrott confirmed it, without actually confirming it, if you know what I mean.

Morro is imminent. The beta could hit any day now.

As you may recall, Morro is Microsoft’s free antivirus product that’s supposed to be the replacement for the ill-fated AV portion of Windows Live OneCare.

What surprises me is the stock market reaction: Microsoft is up more than 2% and the AV manufacturers are down quite a bit. The market should’ve taken Morro into account months ago, when it was first announced. Some investors were clearly asleep at the wheel.