I can’t say I’m really disappointed. Microsoft Live OneCare was never a product that I recommended to anyone. It seemed to be a good deal – $50 for installation on 3 computers. But the reviews of the product were always lukewarm at best. In a cut-throat market like anti-malware, you need to do better than lukewarm or people will always pick a free product with less features.
In June of 2009, Microsoft will phase out OneCare in favor of a free anti-malware program code-named “Morro.”
From eWeek:
According to Microsoft, Morro will be architected to use minimal computing resources to make it amenable to low-bandwidth scenarios and less powerful PCs. The trade-off for the smaller footprint is that it will not have some of the nonsecurity features found in OneCare, such as printer sharing, Microsoft officials said.
