OneCare fails security tests - again

Microsoft's own antivirus software, Live OneCare, is unable to fully protect
Vista users against viruses, and one of security firm McAfee's antivirus
software packages also fails to protect users, according to independent
research released Friday.

Security news Web site Virus Bulletin, backed by a team of security
researchers based in Oxfordshire, U.K., tested 15 antivirus software packages
used by businesses and designed specifically for Vista, Microsoft's newest
operating system. The packages were released to businesses two months ago.

The researchers tested whether each of the antivirus products would stop a
set of viruses known to be currently circulating. In order to be awarded a
pass, the software had to detect all the viruses with no false positives.

But out of the 15, four failed: Microsoft Live OneCare 1.5; McAfee VirusScan
Enterprise version 8.1i; G DATA AntiVirusKit 2007 v17.0.6353; and Norman
VirusControl v5.90. The other 11, including software from CA, Fortinet,
F-Secure, Kaspersky, Sophos and Symantec, detected all the viruses.

Read the full report here:

http://news.com.com/Microsofts+own+a...6733&subj=news

And I’m supposed to PAY for that joker of a so-called or otherwise
“security� product??

Microsoft just released a new version of OneCare
that will absolve your concerns.

Windows Live OneCare awards and certifications
http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-...ifications.htm

You can use it FREE for ninety days:
http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-us/default.htm

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User

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"akita" wrote:

Microsoft's own antivirus software, Live OneCare, is unable to fully protect
Vista users against viruses, and one of security firm McAfee's antivirus
software packages also fails to protect users, according to independent
research released Friday.

Security news Web site Virus Bulletin, backed by a team of security
researchers based in Oxfordshire, U.K., tested 15 antivirus software packages
used by businesses and designed specifically for Vista, Microsoft's newest
operating system. The packages were released to businesses two months ago.

The researchers tested whether each of the antivirus products would stop a
set of viruses known to be currently circulating. In order to be awarded a
pass, the software had to detect all the viruses with no false positives.

But out of the 15, four failed: Microsoft Live OneCare 1.5; McAfee VirusScan
Enterprise version 8.1i; G DATA AntiVirusKit 2007 v17.0.6353; and Norman
VirusControl v5.90. The other 11, including software from CA, Fortinet,
F-Secure, Kaspersky, Sophos and Symantec, detected all the viruses.

Read the full report here:

http://news.com.com/Microsofts+own+a...6733&subj=news

And I’m supposed to PAY for that joker of a so-called or otherwise
“security� product??

akita <akita@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>And I’m supposed to PAY for that joker of a so-called or otherwise
>“security” product??
You don't have to. You can use any security product you wish. I'm waiting for an
official response to the report from Microsoft, but one version of the report
that I read indicated that OneCare was 99.91% effective. That's pretty good, in
my book. Safe surfing combined with OneCare and I'm protected quite well.
-steve
--
Stephen Boots
MVP Windows Live
Windows Live OneCare Forum Moderator
sboots@mvps.org

akita wrote:

> And I'm supposed to PAY for that joker of a so-called or otherwise
> "security" product??

Do what you like, but your obvious ignorance of the VB100 tests and what
they actually mean means the joke is on you here.

Not that I'd use one care myself mind you...