Microsoft to replace OneCare with thin alternative

[Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>]

"Microsoft said Tuesday that it will discontinue its OneCare PC protection offering next June, replacing it with a 
thinner,
free offering focused solely on anti-malware protection.

Code-named "Morro," the new protection service will not cost consumers anything,
but will also cut out some of the "non-security" features that were bundled with the subscription,
including printer sharing and automated PC tune-up features.

Morro will provide users "antivirus, antispyware and antimalware protection," Microsoft said.
Morro will not include a firewall, but will check and notify the user if the Windows Firewall is not turned on,
a Microsoft spokesman said. Retail sales of OneCare, meanwhile, will be halted on June 30, 2009."
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More at
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2334982,00.asp

Juha-Matti
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