Windows OneCare Live (AVS from MS??)

[Choto Cheeta]

well just installed the brand new windows OneCare live on my XP SP2 Pro system.. its a beta product... i got this invite email in my hotmail inbox but i think any one who has origi windows can install & use it...



well not much to say about this a s i just have install it.... but it certainlly bost the windows firewall... as it just start woring as ZA ... worning about every outbound or inbound acivity... it has virus scanner... though i have not yet put it all alone as its working with KAV...

chech for ur self..

http://www.windowsonecare.com/

[mohit]

i am using the same and i wish somebody could post details of how effective their anti virus is .. the firewall is very neat and it does a gr8 job. i am using this together with ms antispyware and adaware se.

[jay4u]

me too.... like the firewall as ZA is getting buggier by the moment... but did not try the virus scanner features.....

[anandk]

had posted my experience here somewhere...... :roll:
posting it again.

downloaded and installed onecare. the windows onecare folders say almost 60 MB.

apart from an antivirus, it has a backup utility. it also has a basic tune-up utility, which actually just runs ur default disk cleaner and windows defragmentor. it also checks up ur pc for missing windows updates, scans for avirus, and lets u backup, all in one click. but nothing new, really !

i could not download the exe setup file so that i could uninstal and then instal it again in future if required. if i uninstal it now, i will have to download the whole fxxxxxx thing all over again. wish there was a way to download the setup file. it just instals on ur pc like the updates.

dont know how good the antivirus definations are; speed is ok. resource utilisation (in my opinion) slightly on the higher side.

there is an improvement in the firewall functions though. it monitors outgoing traffic too and asks for ur permissions.

it did not conflict with the zonealarm security suite, avast, avg on my pc, but i believe it has serious conflicts with norton, macafee, trendmicro, etc. so take care.

bottomline, if u have a good antivirus in place u dont need this one. but we will have to see how good its antivirus really develops into.

that will be its acid test !

PS : its first problem
click http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5...ml?tag=nl.e589

[Choto Cheeta]

hmm impresive smart working system...

Originally Posted by OneCare

A new mass-mailing worm has appeared that can allow an attacker to destroy files on your computer. The MyWife worm can arrive on your computer in the form of an attachment to an e-mail or through a file transfer, often from a known or trusted source. We want you to be confident, though, that if your Windows OneCare health meter is green or yellow while you are connected to the Internet, we are helping to protect you from this known virus family via our automatically updating antivirus signatures and continuous real-time protection. If your status is red (at risk), please either take the requested action or go to the Help Center. We recommend that you make sure all your computers are up to date with antivirus software such as Windows OneCare.

Advisory: 0.0.0.9
Release date: 01/25/2006

it worns me pretty often... i wounder is this good thing of MS as atlist it seems to know & find way to block... or rather bad as so many loop wholes....

[anandk]

Next Release of OneCare Won't Support Vista x64

Microsoft announced that it was ready to roll out Windows Live OneCare Version 1.5 to coincide with the general release of Windows Vista, it omitted one important fact: The product will not support Vista x64 or XP x64....

http://www.microsoft-watch.com/conte...vista_x64.html

btw, one can Download Microsoft Windows Live OneCare 1.5 final here at http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-...ll/install.htm
Beta testers have been offered a 60% discount, they should check their email.