Microsoft OneCare Live Beta 2
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Zdnet has an article about the new Microsoft offering to help counter spyware and other nasties. “Microsoft has opened testing of its all-in-one technical support service for Windows XP SP2, known as OneCare Live Beta 2, to the general public. At least, it has in the US: as for the rest of us, a Microsoft spokesperson says that the company plans to ‘begin rolling out the service in beta for other countries beyond the US within the next year’. |
The OneCare service includes Microsoft antivirus protection, a two-way firewall (Windows XP SP2 currently provides only one-way protection), anti-spyware protection and diagnostic care, such as performing defragmentation and file cleanup — all available remotely. If you run a home business or want your home desktop to receive 24/7 technical support, OneCare may be the personal IT department option for you. But Microsoft is not alone: Symantec plans to offer a similar service — code-named Genesys — by the autumn of 2006.”
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