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Microsoft to release free anti-virus program
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article published on 15 June, 2009
Microsoft is set to release a free anti-virus program "soon", dubbed Morro, which promises to handle virus and malware threats as well as paid suites. The software will lack other utilities however, such as parental locks.
Morro is a sort-of second coming of the company's unsuccessful Windows Live OneCare service, and the latter will be discontinued when Morro is ready to go.
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OzMick
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15. June 2009 @ 03:38 |
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scorpNZ
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15. June 2009 @ 06:21 |
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Interesting! it's not just ms that it applies too,i bet game makers would be even more afraid
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15. June 2009 @ 07:04 |
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Janice Chaffin, Symantec's president of consumer products, says customers want more than just basic protection however, no matter the price. "A full internet security suite is what consumers require today to stay fully protected,"
total BS .. what people need is a secure OS where nothing runs without the knowledge and permission of the administrator.
We have them.. and they are free XD
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15. June 2009 @ 07:25 |
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Just one more gimmik to entise users away from the last stable M$ OS. As if they really give a hoot about their users, yhea right!
Those nice people at M$ has Janice sweating bullets for good reason.
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15. June 2009 @ 07:27 |
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total BS .. what people need is a secure OS where nothing runs without the knowledge and permission of the administrator.
We have them.. and they are free XD
Doesn't UAC work on the same (or similar) principal? Considering how much that slows down tasks and how annoying it is I'm not seeing that as a realistic solution.
With regards to Morro, I wouldn't be using it.
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15. June 2009 @ 07:51 |
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Doesn't UAC work on the same (or similar) principal? Considering how much that slows down tasks and how annoying it is I'm not seeing that as a realistic solution.
With regards to Morro, I wouldn't be using it.
Yes, that's exactly how UAC works. Every time a program tries to make any type of change or run you have to give permission. That was annoying as all hell. I tried having it active a few weeks and it almost drove me completely insane.
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15. June 2009 @ 12:08 |
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Well, this confirms that they are not in bed with Norton and McAfee. I always thought there may have been some kick-backs involved for providing an OS that was so much full of holes.
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joe777
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15. June 2009 @ 12:40 |
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Best anti-virus for windows is to run linux on a virtual machine from within windows:P
he he he he he he he he he
But seriously microsoft have been trying to break into the AV market for a while now. And I think that they should be pretty good at protecting their OWN system by now, but alas, other peeps / companies seem to know more about it than they do. So maybe they realise that there are so many free AV's out there that folks wont buy theirs. So offer it for free and possibily charge for support, or offer it for free as it will probably come bundelled with the OS anyway and folks will think they are fully covered from the onset. Either way if you use windows, then it would be best to back-up all your data as often as you can.Cause more than 90% of illicit code is aimed at windows, and its only a matter of time till your system is infected.
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15. June 2009 @ 13:26 |
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Janice Chaffin, Symantec's president of consumer products, says customers want more than just basic protection however, no matter the price. "A full internet security suite is what consumers require today to stay fully protected,
Yeah sure we would want to use your system resource eating garbage called Norton.
M$ offering a solution to viruses, is better than not providing the consumer with any.
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ddp
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15. June 2009 @ 21:54 |
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maybe ms should be running their own anti-virus program on their site as i lost 4 hours of work 1 time because their site was infected. taught me a lesson to always install & update the anti-virus i've installed before doing windows updates.
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16. June 2009 @ 00:59 |
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Well, it couldn't be much worst than Windows Live OneCare, which in testing was in the bottom 20% of about 40+ anti-malware programs. You'd think someone who OWNED the OS would be able to protect it/clean it better.
And regarding the Symantec quote, they kinda turned into bloatware after 2004, but at least it works far better than most of M$'s crap.
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16. June 2009 @ 06:11 |
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Do not want
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Mez
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16. June 2009 @ 06:51 |
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Ddp, I bet they were! They are 'bush league' douche bags. Their management suffers from delusions they call 'visions'. They need to fire all those used car salesmen and get some serious technical persons in upper management if they ever expect to make a descent product.
This is not new; "Windows Defender" was free for a year before they charged for it. Oh, and by the way there was no way to uninstall it and it kept screaming for a new version. The only way to shut it up was to re-format.
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16. June 2009 @ 10:25 |
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Mez you can remove it just type msconfig in the run box and go to the tab marked start up windows xp wont uninstall an active program then go to control panel and add and remove program... if your running vista well sorry, but upgrade to the windows 7 rc its better... good luck and never take for granted "if its for me" it will cost you in the end... microsoft is answering the oldest complant now befor they are sued think of it this way if I sold you a car with no breaks would you be happy ? so a runaway os that has patches online before the release date shows a major issue and since this is the norm for them can we all say defective product... what would happen if we all took our old licences back and demanded our money back because its broken?
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16. June 2009 @ 10:28 |
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Sorry got caught up in the moment should have typed " if its free it's for me"
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16. June 2009 @ 12:49 |
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Originally posted by mystic:
Sorry got caught up in the moment should have typed " if its free it's for me"
Same here. I don't know why everyone seems to be so pissed off about free anti-virus software.
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Mez
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16. June 2009 @ 13:10 |
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mystic, windows defender was never part of the add/update list.
I do not think there was one complaint about M$ giving away software. People were just venting their frustration from a decade of gross incompetence of such a prevasive force such as M$.
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16. June 2009 @ 18:40 |
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Just get AntiVir and call it a day. It's free, better and less of a resource hog than most of the paid apps out there.
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18. June 2009 @ 06:22 |
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Originally posted by mystic:
Sorry got caught up in the moment should have typed " if its free it's for me"
Same here. I don't know why everyone seems to be so pissed off about free anti-virus software.
its cause everyone seems to hate M$ dunno why, and people are afraid of somthing diffrent :p
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18. June 2009 @ 06:33 |
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Janice Chaffin, Symantec's president of consumer products, says customers want more than just basic protection however, no matter the price. "A full internet security suite is what consumers require today to stay fully protected,
Yeah sure we would want to use your system resource eating garbage called Norton.
M$ offering a solution to viruses, is better than not providing the consumer with any.
One of the first things I do with a new system (unless I build it myself) is uninstall Symantec and then run the removal tool to get rid of any of their junk left behind. Talk about a sweet deal... they have their crap bundled on almost all of the new laptops and desktop PCs you buy anymore... I doubt I'll be using Microsoft's offering either... I have enough problems with their OS without asking for more problems.
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18. June 2009 @ 16:21 |
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its made by microsoft,
obviously its going to go wrong or not as good as it was meant to be
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ddp
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18. June 2009 @ 16:53 |
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didn't ms back in the dos 6 series have an anti-virus program as i kind of remember them having 1 & it didn't last long?
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19. June 2009 @ 00:22 |
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I love anything that is free and will happily test this software before making any judgements. Who knows maybe when they make it free it will be even better than OneCare, now wouldn't that just figure. BTW I recently had an infection of spyware and you won't believe it the only antispyware program that actually got rid of it was Windows Defender, I was shocked.
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19. June 2009 @ 01:11 |
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i Personally use Mcafee Enterprise, Version 8.5. it works wonders for me.
everybody needs some sort of protection these days, i repair computer systems and my biggest grip is 1) limewire and 2) that they have neither
an Anti-Virus Software & a decent firewall.
this will Help with repairs. Masses know limewire you'd be surprised how many customers actually say WTF is a torrent.
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onewhite
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19. June 2009 @ 05:49 |
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Is anyone using AVG? The free version works OK, for free. Does anyone use the paid for version? I do not believe anything from microsoft will not be broken down at short notice. There are so many people with nothing better to do then mess up what Microsoft puts out. Go Firefox
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