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Microsoft doesn't conjure up "security" in my mind ...
... but Ed Bott has an interesting article describing a study that shows OneCare (and apparently Morro uses the same engine and definitions) scored among the top of the tested products.

That opened up the possibility for me to give it a try. Maybe this product will change my opinion.
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Microsoft doesn't conjure up "security" in my mind ...  dkawalec | 06/18/09
OneCare...  GoodThings2Life | 06/18/09
Spynet, not onecare  rtk | 06/18/09
You're in Spynet regardless  Joe_Raby | 09/29/09
One Care  bobgay | 06/19/09
Perfect Timing . . .  jjworleyeoe | 06/19/09
Absolutely!  GoodThings2Life | 06/18/09
AVG is terrible  trance2tec | 06/18/09
The free version maybe  jdbukis@... | 06/18/09
Well  trance2tec | 06/18/09
Avira is fantastic  IgnorantBugger | 06/24/09
AVG was awesome until 8 now just bloatware  Randalllind | 06/19/09
Well, AVG is super.  dpant | 06/25/09
It SHOULD dent security product sales  trance2tec | 06/18/09
Wrong way of thinking.  nizuse | 06/18/09
Windows by design  NStalnecker | 06/18/09
With the way Norton or McCaffee runs...  NStalnecker | 06/18/09
Update Frequency  Yeartenn | 06/22/09
I will Try It  jpr75_z | 06/18/09
Anyone concerned with privacy?  Roger Ramjet | 06/18/09
What?  NStalnecker | 06/19/09
Yes, i don't use Windows...  deaf_e_kate | 06/19/09
Then, you've really nothing of value to add  rtk | 06/19/09
That was the rumor  LiquidLearner | 06/19/09
Then you tell me  Roger Ramjet | 06/25/09
???  medezark@... | 06/24/09
Not what I've heard  Roger Ramjet | 06/25/09
You heard wrong  rtk | 06/25/09
Well, the freetards gonna be complaining even if its free.  transposeIT | 06/18/09
Your questions ... my answers  johnfenjackson@... | 06/19/09
How will the EU do that  NStalnecker | 06/19/09
a la IE  johnfenjackson@... | 06/19/09
Two possibilities...  zkiwi | 06/19/09
They should not be allowed to have anything to do with AntiVirus  deaf_e_kate | 06/19/09
Your handle is very descriptive....  wolf_z | 06/19/09
Are you really that clueless?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/19/09
deaf_e_kate should not be allowed to have anything to do with forums  GuidingLight | 06/23/09
the potential for an OS manufacturer to have a leg up on the rest ...  valvestate@... | 06/19/09
I don't think so  NoThomas | 06/19/09
MS has a real reason to be much better, others do not.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/19/09
But why dont they fix the OS then all these problems  deaf_e_kate | 06/19/09
Because the vast majority of malware today  Michael Kelly | 06/19/09
YES!  LiquidLearner | 06/19/09
Because the issue is not the OS  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/19/09
Because the issue is not the OS  amckenz@... | 06/24/09
Wrong  medezark@... | 06/24/09
You ask good questions, here is what I think...  NoThomas | 06/19/09
Depends on what you mean by "Sales"  wolf_z | 06/19/09
wolf_z:  justanitguy | 06/19/09
MS already have a corporate security suite called Forefront  de-void | 06/19/09
I don't think they'll forbid it  LiquidLearner | 06/19/09
18 months to patch hole don't need my AV to work the same  Randalllind | 06/19/09
User's get the blame  rtk | 06/19/09
Gives malware writers one target  Alan Smithie | 06/19/09
Except  rtk | 06/19/09
If you are using morro and windows  Alan Smithie | 06/22/09
All hail MS  MegaDude | 06/19/09
Yet another candidate...  MGP2 | 06/19/09
Crush, Kill, Distroy.....the MS motto  devlin_X | 06/19/09
flirt with, cuddle and hug, everyone else's motto?  rtk | 06/19/09
They have lost in court over it.......  devlin_X | 06/20/09
Wrong..  TylerM89 | 06/20/09
free is good!  empirestatebuddy | 06/20/09
I think free is only way Microsoft would gain a foothold in the A/V market  absent | 06/23/09
RE: Will Microsoft Security Essentials (Morro) dent commercial antivirus sa  abbatj | 06/20/09
Nope. You get what you pay for and Kaspersky is top of the class.  HypnoToad72 | 06/21/09
Absolutely, assuming it makes windows updates work better  rt_software | 06/22/09
Have you tried the stand-alone installer?  NStalnecker | 06/22/09
Very Possible  jpr75_z | 06/23/09
RE: Will Microsoft Security Essentials (Morro) dent commercial antivirus sales?  amckenz@... | 06/24/09
Dent?  cosmicfoole@... | 06/24/09

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