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News Microsoft has finally unveiled a new security product, Microsoft Security Essentials, designed to replace its former offering OneCare. Security Essentials, previously known as Morro, is available as a free download from... [30 Sep 2009]
Microsoft's free antivirus coming in weeks
News Microsoft first announced its plans for the product, then codenamed Morro, last November, at the same time the company said it was scrapping its paid Windows Live OneCare product. Microsoft plans to release the final... [22 Sep 2009]
Five ways Microsoft has changed since Gates left
Comment It halted investment in products that appear to be in terminal decline - such as Microsoft Money or security product OneCare, which is being replaced by Microsoft Security Essentials. What's becoming of Microsoft... [08 Jul 2009]
Microsoft's OneCare replacement to roll out next week
News Microsoft will launch a public beta of its anti-malware service, Microsoft Security Essentials, on Tuesday as it phases out its Live OneCare suite in favour of a simpler free consumer security offering. [19 Jun 2009]
Microsoft Money gets the heave-ho
News Microsoft said in March it was largely discontinuing its Encarta encyclopedia and has also scrapped its Windows OneCare antivirus product. Microsoft plans to stop selling Microsoft Money, its personal finance program. [11 Jun 2009]
Virus attacks rise: It's because you're too clever
News Corporate environments running Forefront Client Security are more likely to have problems with worm infections than home computers running Windows Live OneCare, while home computers had more Trojans and Trojan... [08 Apr 2009]
Encarta killed off
News In November, the company announced plans to stop selling its Windows Live OneCare antivirus product. Microsoft has quietly confirmed that it is getting out of the encyclopaedia business, ending its long-standing Encarta... [31 Mar 2009]
Microsoft gives web analytics the chop
News Among the products it has scrapped in recent months are Windows Live OneCare and PerformancePoint Server, a business intelligence product. Microsoft announced earlier this month it's scrapping an effort to develop a... [24 Mar 2009]
Quocirca's Changing Channels: Of Microsoft Forefront Security
White Paper In fact Microsoft's offensive started six months ago with the launch of its Windows Live OneCare service aimed at consumers. OneCare provides consumers' PCs with continuously updated signature-based... [21 Feb 2009]
Microsoft: "IT budgets are cramped"
News Among the things he said the company decided to scrap was its paid Windows Live OneCare antivirus software. For many quarters, Microsoft's server and tools unit has been the company's shining star. While desktop Windows... [12 Dec 2008]
Microsoft ditches OneCare for free antivirus
News With the arrival of Morro, Microsoft plans to stop selling the Windows Live OneCare service, although the two services are not identical. Morro lacks OneCare's non-security features, such as printer... [19 Nov 2008]
Entrepreneur Gains Efficiencies, Grows Business With New Operating System
White Paper Smith turned to the Windows Vista operating system, with the added protection of Windows Live OneCare and the 2007 Microsoft Office system to help her search, organize, and safeguard her customer information. [02 Jul 2008]
Details of Vista SP1 revealed
News The EU at the time also had broader antitrust concerns over Vista, caused by Microsoft's entry into the security market with its OneCare anti-malware offering and Forefront enterprise security product. [12 Dec 2007]
Windows users getting unwanted auto-updates?
News The company is looking into whether customers might have actually had their settings changed by Microsoft Office or Windows OneCare, two programs that do have mechanisms that will change a computer's automatic update... [15 Oct 2007]
TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Malware Protection Center Overview (Level 200)
White Paper The Microsoft Malware Protection Center supplies the core malicious software (malware)-fighting technology, including the scanning engine and malware definition updates, for Microsoft Forefront Client Security, Forefront Server Security... [28 Aug 2007]
