Microsoft "One Care" offered through subscription

[VIAN]

http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/2232509476

 

[minofifa]

hmm interesting. i would consider it, if it has a small footprint on my computer. i find symantec antivirus clunky and bloated. hopefully the microsoft version will integrate seamlessly into the OS, so i don't even know its there.

 

[Drakkon]

if its based off the same sorta engine as Micrsotfs beta antispyware thing I'd be all for it...i really liek that little spyware tracker...seems to catch a lot and lets me allow/block as i please.
Its about time microsoft got into the business of antivirus since it is their OS that is the one getting all the viruses...

 

[bersl2]

You people make me cry. Really, you do.

 

[loup garou]

I want an Enterprise version. This seems to just be for home users. Oh well.

 

[Gurck]

Originally posted by: bersl2
You people make me cry. Really, you do.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: Gurck

Originally posted by: bersl2
You people make me cry. Really, you do.

Why?

 

[Gurck]

It's like paying someone to hit you and then paying them more for a bandage. I uh... at least get hit for free

 

[mechBgon]

What they need worse is to make a utility that holds the hand of the average clueless user through the process of reducing their user account to a Limited-class account. Those *nix guys got this one figured out, you don't go handing loaded weapons to strangers if you don't have to

Performance impact: zero. Spyware/malware deterrence: very good. Availability: since the mid-90's with WinNT 3.xx.

 

[SagaLore]

Thanks for the news. I wrote an article about it:

http://www.antisource.com/article.php/microsoft-onecare-antivirus

I predict that virus writers are going to try very hard to break OneCare as much as they can.

 

[VIAN]

I'd take it if it was free...

 

[minofifa]

would it be a fair argument to say that since mincrosoft is the provider of their OS sofware, they should offer this service free as a form of protection their product? I can't think of a good analogy to help the thought process along.

maybe that's not fair, I mean, you can go out and buy a house but you still have to buy your own insurance if you want that protection.

if microsoft is going offer that protection, i wuld rather have it from a company that wrote the OS, as in theory, it should be the most compatable.

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: minofifa
would it be a fair argument to say that since mincrosoft is the provider of their OS sofware, they should offer this service free as a form of protection their product? I can't think of a good analogy to help the thought process along.

maybe that's not fair, I mean, you can go out and buy a house but you still have to buy your own insurance if you want that protection.

if microsoft is going offer that protection, i wuld rather have it from a company that wrote the OS, as in theory, it should be the most compatable.

Follow the link to the ZDNet article in my writeup - you'll see some argument why this could be seen as a bad idea. Basically the problem is that the reason we have the viruses and spyware that we have, is because of bugs and holes in Microsoft's operating system - so for them to make money off it can be seen as very unethical.

 

[minofifa]

Originally posted by: SagaLore

Originally posted by: minofifa
would it be a fair argument to say that since mincrosoft is the provider of their OS sofware, they should offer this service free as a form of protection their product? I can't think of a good analogy to help the thought process along.

maybe that's not fair, I mean, you can go out and buy a house but you still have to buy your own insurance if you want that protection.

if microsoft is going offer that protection, i wuld rather have it from a company that wrote the OS, as in theory, it should be the most compatable.

Follow the link to the ZDNet article in my writeup - you'll see some argument why this could be seen as a bad idea. Basically the problem is that the reason we have the viruses and spyware that we have, is because of bugs and holes in Microsoft's operating system - so for them to make money off it can be seen as very unethical.

that's a good point. i guess if ford sells you a car that is unsafe because of bad tires, they shouldn't be making money off of selling you new tires to fix your car, they should be giving you new tires....

 

[Snapster]

A third if not more of Microsoft?s problem is because everyone runs under admin user rights, another third is incompetent users. The remainder is a poor software design that's in the public eye which is guaranteed to be targeted (look at Firefox recently). The only benefit of Microsoft doing antivirus is that they'll know how to tie it into the OS better, that being said I think they're on another road to nowhere as they've tried this in the past.