Tag: ONECARE

Microsoft announced yesterday that Live OneCare, its anti-virus/malware application, will be put to rest on June 30, 2009. A replacement offering is slated for release around the same time. Currently codenamed Morro, the new program will be completely free. Microsoft's aim is to "[..]focus on getting the majority of consumers the essential protection they need by providing comprehensive, real-time ...

Did you know that every time you log onto Gmail you're getting infected? Okay, okay, you're probably not, but Microsoft's Windows Live OneCare thinks otherwise. Many OneCare users are reporting that every time they access Gmail, they are confronted by an alert telling them that the page is infected with the BAT/BWG.A virus. Unless Google has really ramped up its world domination schedule, it's ...

After months of beta-testing, Microsoft has announced the official release of Windows Live OneCare, its Windows security and maintenance suite. OneCare includes anti-virus software, firewall, a backup utility, and spyware protection via Windows Defender, plus disk defragmentation, cleanup, and Windows Update features. OneCare is now available through the Windows Live web site and will cost you ...

No surprise, right? In fact, about the only thing Thurrott didn't like about OneCare was a lack of end-user antispam tools. But he's rationalizing this (as Microsoft does, and rightly so) with the fact that most ISP's provide some spam filtering, and Hotmail does, and supposedly the desktop version of Hotmail will provide some user customization. Paul's article is thorough enough to appeal to an ...

Symantec is making loud noises about its new "Security 2.0" initiative, which will usher in "a new age of trust on the Internet." What is it? Well, it's some new products with a snappy name. The first product is an unnamed app resulting from Symantec's recent acquisition of WholeSecurity that's designed to prevent phishing. The second is a big new package Symantec is calling ...

Microsoft has made much of Windows OneCare, its new security bundle that includes, among other things, a firewall. It turns out, however, that in its default configuration OneCare's firewall is full of holes. According to InfoWorld's Roger Grimes, OneCare automatically permits all traffic from two types of programs: Any program using the Java Virtual Machine, and any program digitally signed. ...