Microsoft to replace OneCare with free AV product

[Terminator]

Microsoft has announced plans to put an end to its home-user security product Live OneCare, and to replace it with a simpler, free anti-malware product aimed at reducing numbers of unprotected Windows PCs.

The end date for OneCare sales has been set for June 30th 2009, with the replacement product, code-named Morro due to be made available in the second half of 2009. Cutting back on the range of system backup and tune-up tools included with OneCare, the new product will be a more straightforward anti-malware solution based on the core Microsoft detection engine, currently used in both OneCare and the corporate Forefront product. It will be handed out free of charge, with the aim of improving security in general by providing cover for currently unsecured systems, users in developing countries being singled out as particular targets for the new product.

[Tars]

Onecare is useless at everything bar bugging the shit out of the user.
I'm glad to see it go but this new thing will probably be just as annoying.

[Mehok]

Sounds Interesting and as such microsoft is also due to bring out an operating system 2 years after the reliece of Vista which only now has gotten rid of most of its buggs and such so to expect something better to come out is like asking jeorge bush not to pull stupid moves that will kiss thoulsands of solders and sovilians in the process

[mdhasi]

good news.
thanks for sharing

[aramiskane]

Considering how effective onecare was over all the other antivirus software out there and didnt reduce system perfomance i was quite glad they made it, thou it is annoying you have to permit every app that wants internet access, but this made it far more secure and last i checked half the anti virus out there did the same.

the only thing that bugs me, with microsoft products right now, is for example when i worked as admin for a univercity, 4 people lost there job because microsoft decided to suddenly stop providing support for onenote and a version of outlook etc i cant recall the details as i was simply told to find a solution

and then myself and a dozen people in the IT department had to go learn a 3rd party software package and try and get it working with the now defunct system that was setup

and whats going to be really annoying is every person i built a pc for that uses norton that will inevitably break, or is using onecare that there going to stop supporting are going to phone me, a month after the antivirus stops working and nag me to fix it

and i wont have a suggestion of what program to go for, prob end up recommending blackice again

[FLASH]

finally they do something good, crap onecare took me ages to remove from my comp, family security my ass...

[Mehok]

linux all the way

[farrell]

linux all the way

Linux rarely has any viruses, I've been using it for years and I haven't got one since. It probably the way it's designed as it needs admin privledges in order to alter or change an system file.

-Farrell

[Cuddles]

Thank you Term for the info this is good for all of us to know great post.

[aramiskane]

Linux rarely has any viruses, I've been using it for years and I haven't got one since. It probably the way it's designed as it needs admin privledges in order to alter or change an system file.

-Farrell

doesnt vista follow that same suit too now

[hereward]

Microsoft always act with long term goals in mind. I'm not too sure why they've done this.

Hereward