"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." --clip-- More at http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2334982,00.asp Juha-Matti _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
