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LiveSide - Windows Live news and interviews: Microsoft discontinues Windows Live OneCare – offers lightweight alternative for free
SuperSite Blog: Microsoft discontinuing OneCare, will deliver free security offering instead
The Inquisitr » Technology: Security software one step closer to being a core unit
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs: Microsoft's OneCare Replacement: Is Free Good For You?
The Microsoft Blog: Microsoft replaces OneCare with free service
Microsoft discontinues Windows Live OneCare – offers lightweight alternative for free
LiveSide - Windows Live news and interviews —
... malware protection to consumers, at no cost. This is in contrast to Windows Live Onecare, which currently offers malware protection, backup, online photo backup, multiple machine monitoring and a firewall. However these features come with a price tag of around $30 for 3 machines. Windows Live OneCare subscriptions will stop being sold via retail channels from 30 June 2009, though direct sales via Microsoft will stop only when “Morro” is available. A Q&A with Amy Barzdukas from Microsoft, highlights the following key points: ...
Microsoft discontinuing OneCare, will deliver free security offering instead
SuperSite Blog —
... Also worth reading: A Microsoft Press Pass interview with Amy Barzukas, who is responsible for this new Morrow security tool. ...
Security software one step closer to being a core unit
The Inquisitr » Technology —
... of the OS manufacturer not some 3rd party who has a vested interest in virus and malware proliferation. Now to its credit Microsoft did come out with its own security suite called OneCare and while it hasn’t always been the best on the market they still made the product available under some pretty reasonable grounds - one licensed product could be used on up to three computer.
Word comes out today though that as of mid 2009 OneCare will be phased out in favour of a new product currently code named Morro and will be available to ...
Microsoft's OneCare Replacement: Is Free Good For You?
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs —
... with the whole situation, where security software often seems more like a sinner than a savior. Microsoft makes a few more good points in their Q on the decision. For example, "Free trials can confuse consumers as to whether or not their PC is secure, and procrastination when it comes to renewing a paid service can mean that consumers arent getting the most up-to-date protection." So now Microsoft has ...
Microsoft replaces OneCare with free service
The Microsoft Blog —
... Tuesday it would discontinue its $49.95 a year Windows Live OneCare product, which offers malware protection, and replace it with a free product in order to speed adoption of security software around the world. The company said that the new service -- code-named "Morro" -- was designed to make it simple for users in developing countries to protect their PCs. From an interview with Amy Barzdukas, senior director of product management, on the Microsoft Web site : In some ways the current business model for consumer security is not meeting the needs of many consumers, including ...
