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- Windows Live OneCare 2.5.2900.28 (Windows)
- Windows Live OneCare helps keep your PC safe from viruses, spyware, and other threats. This all-in-one, always-on PC care service from Microsoft works continuously, automatically, and quietly in the background to keep your valuable files protected and your PCs virus-free and working their best.The new version includes multi-PC and home...
- Tags: PC, Home Network, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Live OneCare, Microsoft Windows, Cyberthreats, Wireless Security, Office Suites, Backups, Desktops, Viruses And Worms, Operating Systems, Software, Security, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-08-27
- Windows Live OneCare 2.5.2900.24 (Windows)
- Windows Live OneCare helps keep your PC safe from viruses, spyware, and other threats. This all-in-one, always-on PC care service from Microsoft works continuously, automatically, and quietly in the background to keep your valuable files protected and your PCs virus-free and working their best.The new version includes multi-PC and home...
- Tags: PC, Home Network, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Live OneCare, Microsoft Windows, Cyberthreats, Wireless Security, Office Suites, Backups, Desktops, Viruses And Worms, Operating Systems, Software, Security, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-05-21
- (Images: Windows Live OneCare and Windows Defender)
- (Images: Windows Live OneCare and Windows Defender)Morro versus DefenderI would like to know the difference between Morro and Windows Defender. Perhaps Defender is going to take the same path as One Care; they will both be obsolete.
- Tags: Operating systems, Windows Defender, Microsoft Windows, Morro, Defender, Microsoft Windows Live OneCare, Microsoft Windows Live
- Discussion threads 2008-11-19
- Microsoft kills Windows Live OneCare and Equipt subscription services
- Microsoft kills Windows Live OneCare and Equipt subscription servicesFREE anti-virus anti-physing s/w for windows usersThat's what licensed windows users need! It will also encourage people to use license copies.RE: Microsoft kills Windows Live OneCare and Equipt subscription servicesThis is very strange..it makes MS look indecisive and incapable, especially as...
- Tags: Equipt, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft kills Windows Live OneCare, Microsoft Kills, Equipt subscription service, subscription service
- Discussion threads 2008-11-18
- Microsoft kills Windows Live OneCare and Equipt subscription services
- Microsoft is discontinuing its paid Windows Live OneCare subscription security service. Microsoft is touting a new, free security service, codenamed "Morro," and due in the second half of 2009, as OneCare's successor. The Microsoft press release and statements on Morro offer some other interesting tidbits. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Live OneCare, Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley, Morro
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Microsoft kills OneCare, replaces it with freebie 'Morro'
- Microsoft today announced plans to kill its Windows Live OneCare PC care and security suite and replace it with a free anti-malware utility. The new product, code-named "Morro," will be designed for a smaller footprint that will use fewer computing resources, making it ideal for low-bandwidth scenarios...
- Tags: PC, Microsoft Windows Live, Malware, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Live OneCare, Microsoft Windows, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- I say crapware; you say 'performance enhancer'
- Do you consider Microsoft products like Windows Defender antispyware tool and Windows Live OneCare security/management service to be crapware that you don't want preloaded on your PC, or performance-enhancement tools? by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Performance, PC, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Live OneCare, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-08-01
- Windows Live OneCare 2.0 beta due imminently
- Windows Live OneCare 2.0 beta due imminentlyRegistry CheckI would like to see something similar to TuneUp Utilities 2007 built in that would scan the registry etc for errors.You mean the $50 boxed version will be due out?Most of their 'official' gold software is beta in quality, so why bother with...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Spyware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Windows, OneCare, Microsoft Corp., Live Care, Microsoft Windows Live OneCare
- Discussion threads 2007-07-05
- Microsoft quietly patches Windows Live OneCare to fix Outlook problems
- Microsoft quietly patches Windows Live OneCare to fix Outlook problemsOneCare apptly namedAt least M$ named their product accurately even if they left out a bit of detail. M$ Onecare, demonstrates M$ single defining 'care', profits for M$. For the customer of course, they couldn't care any less, apart from taking...
- Tags: Patches, Operating systems, patch management, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Windows, Patch Tuesday, Microsoft Corp., OneCare, Microsoft Windows Live OneCare, Microsoft Windows Live
- Discussion threads 2007-03-12
- Microsoft's own antivirus fails to secure Vista
- Microsoft's own antivirus fails to secure VistaduhSignature based anti-malware programs is weak.News at 11.ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Microsoft can't even buy protection, this is... pathetic!And they claim Vista is supposed to be secure? Not when Microsoft breaks McAfee, worthless Symantec, and other companies' products so they can foist in their own apparently worthless...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Live OneCare, Windows Defender, antivirus
- Discussion threads 2007-02-06
- Windows Live OneCare Family Safety beta
- Windows Live OneCare Family Safety beta is, by any other name, a free, online parental control service. Microsoft conducted its own research and found that its survey group disliked the term "parental control" because the respondents didn't always identify with the word "parental" and the respondents didn't think what they...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Live, Windows Live OneCare, Windows Live OneCare Family Safety, Microsoft Windows
- Product reviews 2006-08-30
- Windows Live OneCare
- If you run a home business or want your home desktop to receive 24/7 technical support, Windows Live OneCare may be the personal IT department option for you. But Microsoft is not alone: Symantec, McAfee, and other security vendors plan to offer similar online services by the fall of 2006....
- Tags: Operating systems, Windows Live OneCare, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Windows
- Product reviews 2006-05-31
- Images: Windows Live OneCare and Windows Defender
- Images: Windows Live OneCare and Windows DefenderI've seen this one...but it had a larger number. Even tried to update and it tells me "updated to the latest definitions, and mind you, i felt safe, as the latest definitions were from 1/25/2006. I immediately removed it from the client...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Live OneCare, Windows Defender, Microsoft Windows Live
- Discussion threads 2006-03-31
- Images: Windows Live OneCare and Windows Defender
- Images: Windows Live OneCare and Windows DefenderDID MS PAY FOR THIS AD?Just curious. Love to see side by side screens of installing AVG Free, PC-Cillen, Norton, McAfee, you know ... all the competitors.
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Live OneCare, Windows Defender, Microsoft Windows Live
- Discussion threads 2006-03-30
Additional Resources
- First Look: Microsoft Security Essentials
- Live OneCareI put Live OneCare on my Vista computer when Vista was new and cranky after my some of my crash problems traced back to the anti-virus I'd installed. I found Live OneCare to work well and be very light on the foot print. No doubt but I'll...
- Tags: Internet Security Suite, Norton Co., MSE, Live OneCare, security, detection rate, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-29
- Microsoft Security Essentials available today
- Microsoft has confirmed that it is releasing Microsoft Security Essentials, its free anti-malware product, today (September 29). The cut-down, basic anti-malware solution replaces Microsoft's Windows Live OneCare. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-09-29
- Microsoft Bing gets visual search; full 2.0 update later this fall
- Top iPhone appsHa ha, one of the visual search galleries is for iPhone apps, how ironic!BUT, Can We Block The Bing Cookies?One issue that is irritating me with MS is their disregard for me, and for every person who uses MS products. (No, I am not anti MS. However, I...
- Tags: Web browsers, IE8, Microsoft Bing, cookie, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-14
- Microsoft Security Essentials or Forefront: Which should a Windows user choose?
- Free for business use?Interesting... According to this table, MCE can be used in servers (2008 R2) and, since there is nothing in contrary, it seems that is also free for use by businesses - most of the other free offerings (Avast, AVG...) are only free for non-commercial use.RE: Microsoft Security...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Microsoft Security Essentials, Microsoft Security, Microsoft Corp., MSE, Windows User, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-09-14
- Why Windows 7 should be free
- Why Windows 7 should be freeAm I the only one who had zero problems with Vista?This issue has been debated thoroughly across zdnet, so I have no desire to rehash it. But I am still not convinced that Vista's problems are systemic...and I think they are more a PR issue....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-07-01
- Microsoft Security Essentials beta to be capped at 75,000, kicks off today
- Microsoft Security Essentials beta to be capped at 75,000, kicks off todayLast I heard... *edited*OneCare had less false positives then all the other AV/AS software, and scored pretty high in tests.Assuming it's junk just because it's Microsoft kinda makes you look like a... fool.*Edited after realizing I had typed the...
- Tags: Desktops, Branding, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Security Essentials, Microsoft Security Essentials Beta, Microsoft Security, Microsoft Windows 7, public beta, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-06-23
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