Windows Live OneCare

[Kevin Renn]

I'd like some opinions about Windows Live OneCare as a secondary scan
tool/spyware removal tool.

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-us/default.htm?s_cid=sah

I'm a bit suspicious of anything free from Mr.Gates.

Thanks.

 

[Ayatollah Yootweiss Al-Reddi]

I'd like some opinions about Windows Live OneCare as a secondary scan
tool/spyware removal tool.

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-us/default.htm?s_cid=sah

I'm a bit suspicious of anything free from Mr.Gates.

Thanks.

You need the Feb update for it, to close the pdf-code-injection
exploit in it.
That should give you some idea how good it is. Not that other
antivirus programs haven't suffered from exploits.

 

[sahuyui]

Thanks too.

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Kevin Renn" <[email protected]>

| I'd like some opinions about Windows Live OneCare as a secondary scan
| tool/spyware removal tool.

| http://onecare.live.com/site/en-us/default.htm?s_cid=sah

| I'm a bit suspicious of anything free from Mr.Gates.

| Thanks.

Forget about this one. Move on to a products that does a better job.

 

[Why so many stars for so few four-leaf clovers?]

I use it since a while as I have tested the beta versions of this tool.

IMHO, it is useful to clean the registry and to verify open ports.

Otherwise it is not too bad in comparison to the other tools on the market.

My main reproach will be that it cleans virus / spyware / malicious code
without requesting the consent of the user and without quarantining. This is
very disagreeable in case of false positive (I had to re-install 2
applications).

 

[Pete]

"Why so many stars for so few four-leaf clovers?" <[email protected]>
wrote in message

I use it since a while as I have tested the beta versions of this tool.

IMHO, it is useful to clean the registry and to verify open ports.

Otherwise it is not too bad in comparison to the other tools on the
market.

My main reproach will be that it cleans virus / spyware / malicious code
without requesting the consent of the user and without quarantining. This
is very disagreeable in case of false positive (I had to re-install 2
applications).

OT:
Congratulations on your English. More Americans should learn a 2nd language.

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Pete" <[email protected]>


| OT:
| Congratulations on your English. More Americans should learn a 2nd language.
|

This Frenchman does better at English than *many* Americans !
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