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Re: MS Viri Beta


From: "Joe Jaroch (Tera Innovations, Inc.)" <security () terainnovations com>
Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 19:34:04 -0600

Wondering... if Microsoft ends up having problems with OneCare, do you think they are going to write 'TwoCare,' a fix for OneCare's problems? Are we going to end up with a seemingly endless number of xCare products?

I do agree with a lot that Microsoft does, and I like what they have done for the world of computing, but I feel that if Microsoft charges for OneCare, they will have made a very bad move. You cannot sell a product that fixes issues in another product that you have (Yes, somewhat of a gray area with viruses, but still - to the public, it will seem like Microsoft is charging them to fix problems that they put in. And then, is Microsoft going to purposely make issues in Windows which can only be solved by using OneCare? I hope that the world is more ethical than that, but judging by what else is going on in the world - I can't be too certain).

-Joe Jaroch
Tera Innovations, Incorporated.
http://www.terainnovations.com

Dude VanWinkle wrote:
This is definitely FUNNY!

-JP


>From :http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/01/microsoft_anti-virus_public_beta/

Microsoft launches anti-virus public beta

Published Thursday 1st December 2005 09:55 GMT


Microsoft has released a free beta of its upcoming anti-virus application.

According to Microsoft, the new anti-virus application known as
Windows OneCare Live consumer beta is "like taking your PC in for a
tune up at the service station". The release is part of the
forthcoming Windows OneCare set of deliverables, and yesterday the
OneCare team admitted that some users may be put on waiting lists
while attempting to get the software in order for Microsoft to
determine its effectiveness.
Click Here

Microsoft announced in May that it would be releasing an anti-virus
application based on software developed by GeCad, a Romanian
anti-virus company that Microsoft purchased several years ago. (r)

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