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Windows Live Onecare Scores Last In Testing

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Posted 02 March 2007 - 06:53 AM

First Defender, now...

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..."Microsoft's Windows Live OneCare came in dead last out of a group of 17 anti-virus programs tested against hundreds of thousands of worms, viruses, Trojan horses and other malware, an Austrian anti-virus researcher reported yesterday...OneCare took care of just 82.4% of the malware...

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/0301...last-place.html

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Posted 02 March 2007 - 11:13 AM

Your not linking to any source or giving any indication of whom your quoting.
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Posted 02 March 2007 - 11:25 AM

Thank you for pointing that our Mr Alpha. I just added the link.
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Posted 19 March 2007 - 08:48 AM

Microsoft admits OneCare flaws

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Microsoft has promised to try harder, after its new OneCare anti-virus software failed a benchmark test often considered indispensable by the industry....

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