Microsoft OneCare Live Security Disables Laptop LoJack

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Yippe-ki-yay.

Via C|Net News.

[snip]

As Microsoft takes its first steps into the consumer PC security space, it is discovering that security software can do 
more than protect systems; it can also cause trouble.

Windows OneCare Live, freely available as a test version since Nov. 29, has been found to disable Absolute Software's 
Computrace LoJack, an application that functions like a homing device to help recover a laptop after theft.

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http://news.com.com/Microsoft+security+zaps+laptop+tracer/2100-1002_3-5995763.html

- ferg


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