Looks like OneCare wasn't cutting it. Their current offerings are very
resource-hungry compared to some of the independent vendors like Sophos.
--
Alan Bourke
alanpbourke@fastmail.fm
I still haven't found anything to beat AVG Free for value for money <g>
John Weller
01380 723235
07976 393631
> http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/microsoft-announces-fre
> e-morro-antivirus-software-486774?src=rss
>
> Looks like OneCare wasn't cutting it. Their current offerings
> are very resource-hungry compared to some of the independent
> vendors like Sophos.
> --
I'm not surprised Once Care got the boot. I was involved with the prerelease
testing and even back then there were many, many of us who tried to let them
know One Care was not ready for release. It was slow, intrusive and didn't
work well with other MS products like Media Center. It's nice to see them
considering releasing a free AV solution; we'll see how it stacks up against
AVG. Hopefully they will remember the concept of consumer choice and not
ship it preinstalled with Windows 7. It would also be nice if they managed
to not pollute it with advertising as they have with Messenger. We'll see.
Thanks,
Dave
David Smith
Systems Administrator
Doan Family of Dealerships
(585) 352-6600 ext.1730
dsmith@doandelivers.com
www.upstatedigitools.com
-----Original Message-----
From: profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com] On
Behalf Of Alan Bourke
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 4:34 AM
To: profoxtech@leafe.com
Subject: [NF] MS announce free AV/Malware solution.
http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/microsoft-announces-free-morro-antivi
rus-software-486774?src=rss
Looks like OneCare wasn't cutting it. Their current offerings are very
resource-hungry compared to some of the independent vendors like Sophos.
--
Alan Bourke
alanpbourke@fastmail.fm
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