Windows Live OneCare....

[timmcat]

Just officially launched, Microsoft's all in one Virus scanner, anti-spyware, firewall, software updating engine and general all round good guy (???)

90 day free trial available, then £26.50 for a three machine home yearly licence.

Now, do I ditch AVG, Spybot, and my other familiar tools, or wait and see how long it takes the hackers to sucessfully target this..?

Microsoft link

BBC News link

[frostbite]

Well, I wouldn't take it if they offered me £26.50 p.a.!

That is going to be a target for every hacker.

[Techman]

PPRuNe link.

[timmcat]

Not the same thing Techman.

[Conan the Librarian]

Having created the Gruyere that is an MS operating sytem, it somehow feels odd to trust them in putting it all right. I wonder how many people will jump from an existing AV/Firewall supplier, rather than wait for the MS solution to be foisted upon them when purchasing a new machine.

I wish them luck. Who knows? We may be pleasantly surprised...

Must dash - medication time coming up.


Conan

[Mac the Knife]

26 quid for a piece of spyware that purports to control the myriad security holes in their own expensive superdooper operating system?

That sounds like a ripoff the me, no matter how "good" the security app is.

Is there no limit to those guy's greed?

Thanks, I'll look after my own security.