Windows 7 Beta brawls with Antivirus Programs
January 23, 2009 Windows 7 Tips
According to a Channel Web report, when you try to run McAfee Total Protection in the Windows 7 beta, an error 
message pops up:
“The version of Windows installed on this machine is not supported. Please refer to the product documentation for a list of supported operating systems.”
Windows 7 beta is not the only one affected by McAfee’s antivirus tool. A thread on Norton’s community forums mention errors that occur when running Windows 7. Norton’s response was: “At this time, we do not support Windows 7. Once Windows 7 is released, we will provide solutions for the OS.”
In the past, pre-release copies or even early shipping versions of Windows updates were often flagged as “potential viruses” by antivirus programs.
Spyware Doctor is one of the popular virus protection software’s that seems to be immediately compatible with Windows 7 beta.
The main issue seems to be that Windows 7 is still in beta, so no virus protection software has been optimized for the OS yet. As always when installing beta software, you do so at your own risk. Just know that this risk could impact your entire PC’s security.
