Microsoft to Launch Free Anti-Virus Protection

[OEM]

Microsoft is said to launch free basic anti-virus protection.

BOSTON, June 10 (Reuters) Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) is getting ready to unveil a long-anticipated free anti-virus service for personal computers that will compete with products sold by Symantec Corp (SYMC.O) and McAfee Inc (MFE.N).

Source: UPDATE 3-Microsoft will soon unveil free anti-virus software | Reuters

 

[colofaus]

It's about time too, I've been paying AU$100 per year for their "Live" protection. It's fine for XP, but doesn't work on 7. In the meantime try Kapersky Anti-Virus 2009 Beta, free and extremely good!

 

[rocky90]

about time! lol

 

[happinessiseasy]

Awesome. I haven't used anti-virus software since 2002 or so, but I might try it out just for fun. I just don't ever get them.

 

[OEM]

It's about time too, I've been paying AU$100 per year for their "Live" protection. It's fine for XP, but doesn't work on 7. In the meantime try Kapersky Anti-Virus 2009 Beta, free and extremely good!

By Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009 beta, do you mean version 9.0.0.459 (2010)?

See this post:

http://www.sevenforums.com/system-security/11617-kaspersky-anti-virus-win-7-a-3.html#post124793

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Agree, it is about time for ms to provide free protection for there own OS's. It will most likely be very basic, so advanced users will look elsewere, but for most sure it will be just fine.

 

[jaime]

LOL i havent used an anti virus program since xp
i just use the UAC.

 

[OEM]

LOL i havent used an anti virus program since xp
i just use the UAC.

:shock::shock: R U Kidding ???

 

[ten]

LOL i havent used an anti virus program since xp
i just use the UAC.

LOL i havent use an anti virus program since windows 95
i just use the <space intentionally left blank>

 

[colofaus]

Well! I am now officially bamboozled! No anti-virus? You either have incredible luck or you re-format your drive every month!

 

[ten]

Well! I am now officially bamboozled! No anti-virus? You either have incredible luck or you re-format your drive every month!

heh, I have supernatural powers.:devil2:

Seriously though, does your anti virus really catch something at least once a month that would have infected your computer? If so, what are you doing to cause it? I'm always curious as to how people get malware on their computers.

 

[colofaus]

To that, I only have one reply; MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS! and before you draw the porn conclusion, forget it, I gave that up years ago!

 

[ten]

Not drawing any conclusions...just curious. I know keygens and the likes are sometimes infected. My main experience with malware was when my relatives would install ActiveX Controls but that doesn't happen anymore since switching them to Firefox.

I'll post a new thread asking the question and see if can get some answers.

 

[colofaus]

Don't you ever get spam emails etc? I used to but now I use Thunderbird, things have quietened down. Maybe I'm paranoid, but I've lost everything twice now and I'm firewalled, ant-virused and anti-spied up the ying yang!

 

[ten]

I used to but not anymore. Haven't got a single piece of spam since I had the idea of making my email something like - [email protected]. No spam program will guess that.

I do use a secondary email for forums, etc that get forwarded to my main email. If some unscrupulous webmaster sells his mailing list, I can just delete the secondary account. Easy to figure out who it was because GMail allows u to create unique addresses for each site you register on.

I too used Thunderbird but deleted it after I decided to just use the web.

 

[Mercurial]

its either you wanna look/sound cool or you don't really use anti-virus but you have a hive of botnets lurking in yours system lmfao... and theres no way to know till you use anti-virus

pigs aren't connected to the internet yet they still get viruses
~Mercurial

 

[Dark Nova Gamer]

Should be interesting to see how well Morro works, hopefully its released soon (I mean within the next two weeks).

 

[ten]

you have a hive of botnets lurking in yours system lmfao...

hardee, har har funny man. You couldn't be more wrong if you tried.

 

[holo88]

it's free? sweet. would like to test it out. i usually get an ATTEMPTED virus on Porno-Tuesdays ... lol