Windows OneCare: worse than nothing?

[pinkpalace]

Does anyone trust Microsoft to provide virus/malware protection? I just read a preview (below) of their lattest attempt to kill the catogory of software companies that they created.

Windows OneCare Preview

After using microsoft's antispyware tool (which they bought and rebadged of course) this looks pretty disappointing. While the guy that wrote the review seems like a rabid M$ fan, it looks to me like they just hacked together sceduler and the anti-virus company they bought.
Anyone else played with the onecare beta?

 

[MX2]

Trust Microsoft? Is that an oxy-moron?

 

[loup garou]

Looks good to me. :thumbsup:
This will simplify lots of tasks for your average home user.

 

[bragac200]

Give me a break. PinkPalace's icon is an apple and is trashing what he calls a "rabid M$ fan," when he clearly is just a rabid mac fan. Go home!

 

[spanky]

Originally posted by: bragac200
Give me a break. PinkPalace's icon is an apple and is trashing what he calls a "rabid M$ fan," when he clearly is just a rabid mac fan. Go home!

deeeeee-yaaaaaam....

0.04 ppd :shocked:

 

[mzkhadir]

Originally posted by: pinkpalace
Does anyone trust Microsoft to provide virus/malware protection? I just read a preview (below) of their lattest attempt to kill the catogory of software companies that they created.

Windows OneCare Preview

After using microsoft's antispyware tool (which they bought and rebadged of course) this looks pretty disappointing. While the guy that wrote the review seems like a rabid M$ fan, it looks to me like they just hacked together sceduler and the anti-virus company they bought.
Anyone else played with the onecare beta?

Is one care just MS Antispyware beta, virusscan and something else together.

 

[pinkpalace]

Mzkhadir

It seems like it is

 

[BigJ]

It was recently announced that most of the editions of next year?s Windows Vista will include some form of anti-virus, anti-spam, and anti-spyware technology ? including the budget priced Home Basic Edition.

Oh boy.

 

[bragac200]

It seems like it is more like all of the Windows maintanence utilities under one roof - spyware, viruses (new), backups, tune-ups (new), disk defrag, etc.

 

[BurnItDwn]

This = "OFF TOPIC"
Microsoft blablabla = SOFTWARE

OFF TOPIC <> SOFTWARE
OFF TOPIC -ne SOFTWARE
if (OFF TOPIC = SOFTWARE) returns a 0

 

[bragac200]

Lovely