Microsoft OneCare = NoCare

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Microsoft's Windows Live OneCare came in at the bottom of the heap of 17 antivirus software applications in a test against nearly half a million viruses, Trojans, worms, and other malware, according to Austrian antivirus researcher Andreas Cleminti.

Cleminti posts quarterly results of tests of top antivirus products on his AV Comparatives Web site (www.av-comparatives.org).

G Data Security's AntiVirusKit blocked 99.5 percent of the malicious threats.

AEC's TrustPort AV WS, Anvira's AntiVir PE Premium, MicroWorld's eScan AntiVirus, F-Secure's Anti-Virus, and Kaspersky Labs' AV http://tinyurl.com/24ylzq also scored high marks.

However, big-brand solutions such as Symantec's Norton AntiVirus and McAfee's VirusScan could not keep up. Symantec's software scored 96.8 while McAfee scored 91.6. And Microsoft's OneCare blocked only 82.4 percent of malicious software...
 
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Microsoft's Windows Live OneCare came in at the bottom of the heap of 17 antivirus software applications in a test against nearly half a million viruses, Trojans, worms, and other malware, according to Austrian antivirus researcher Andreas Clementi.
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F-Secure's Anti-Virus, and Kaspersky Labs' AV http://tinyurl.com/24ylzq scored high marks.

However, big-brand solutions such as Symantec's Norton AntiVirus and McAfee's VirusScan could not keep up. Symantec's software scored 96.8 while McAfee scored 91.6. And Microsoft's OneCare blocked only 82.4 percent of malicious software...
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And now OneCare is deleting emails: http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39286241,00.htm
 
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