In August it only got the minimal passing grade at www.av-comparatives.org, but it's done better in the past. Maybe they had a bad month?
Small offices and single-person offices, churches, etc., would all be happy to use a free AV program. Probably some of them use AOL's or their ISP's freely downloadable solutions already. Carl From: Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 2:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MS to give away AV/AS, discontinue OneCare in 2009 But I would think the product would lack any centralized management or reporting. Still, for a small office environment it may be sufficient for desktop protection. How does OneCare compare to other desktop a/v solutions? Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _____ From: Carl Houseman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 2:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: MS to give away AV/AS, discontinue OneCare in 2009 https://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2008/Nov08/11-18AmyBarzdukasQan dA.mspx Cliff notes: MS will discontinue Windows Live OneCare and offer a free product that just does antivirus/antispyware (OneCare did a few other things not related to malware protection). This will not affect Forefront, which has had "strong growth". It doesn't seem that there will be any business restrictions on use of this product. If not limited to home/private-consumer use, it will likely pull the rug out from under the other AV companies in the SB market. Carl ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
