Microsoft is indeed offering Windows Live OneCare 2.0 for free, but only the 90-day trial period version. However, the fully fledged security solution can be grabbed from Amazon.com for a total cost of $0. The official price of the product is $49.95. But the actual deducted price is just $30, the e-commerce website offering no less than 40%, or $19.95 off. But in addition to the discount, Amazon.com has also set up a rebate of no less than $30, essentially making Windows Live OneCare completely free. And this is not the 90-day trial version of the antivirus, but a license for an entire year. Windows Live OneCare 2.0 went live in mid-Novembe... [read more >>] Ubuntu 7.10 is the only operating system that has survived unscathed from a hacking competition hosted by CanSecWest Vancouver 2008 and sponsored by TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative. Outside of the Canonical distribution of the Linux operating system, Apple's Mac OS X Leopard was the first to be owned in day 2 of CanSecWest with Windows Vista Ultimate Service Pack 1 next on the last day. All the platforms which have been used as targets in the competition were fully updated with the latest released security patches. But while Mac OS X 10.5.2 Leopard was hacked via a zero-day vulnerability in Safari 3.1, Vista Ultimate SP1 was ow... [read more >>] Without a doubt, in the face-off between Windows, Mac OS X and Linux, the platforms' strong and weak points contribute to the subjective superiority of one product over the others. The top operating system is ultimately a combination of marketing and consumer perspective. But once in a while the three platforms are thrown in the same arena together against a common challenge. It is the case of CanSecWest Vancouver 2008 where the security of Windows Vista Ultimate Service Pack 1 RTM, Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.2 and Ubuntu Linux 7.10 will be tested in a hacking contest. Essentially hackers will have two days at their disposal to own one of t... [read more >>] The search for the best antivirus of 2008 has advanced one step further, courtesy of security solution testing lab AV-Test.org. All the best available 2008 security suite editions were thrown against in excess of 1.1 million samples of malicious code on an arena of Windows XP SP2. At this point in time, with XP SP3 just around the corner, the results released by AV-Test are also valid for the third and final service pack of Windows XP, but not the same is valid for the Windows Vista (plus Service Pack 1) platform. "A comprehensive review should not only concentrate on detection scores of the on-demand scanner, as this would give a user only... [read more >>] A new year... A new beginning... And the inevitable security solution smackdown. In this context, AV-Test has thrown together in the same arena no less than 24 antivirus products from the heavyweights of the security market. The security solutions were tested against in excess of 1 million malware samples from the last six months. According to Av-Test's Andreas Marx, the test involved only the top of the line, "'best' available Security Suite edition" from each vendor, last updated on January 7, 2008, and running on Windows XP SP2. And yes Microsoft's Windows Live OneCare 2.0 was tested, but no, it's not the best an... [read more >>] Windows Live OneCare, Microsoft's one-size-fits-all solution is no longer the laughingstock of the security industry. Back in the first quarter of 2007, following the release of Windows Live OneCare 1.5 which accompanied Windows Vista to the market, Microsoft's antivirus managed to drastically underperform in a test put together by AV-Comparatives. At that time, OneCare came dead last in all the tests run by AV-Comparatives, receiving no certification from the Austrian antivirus lab. But, Microsoft has been hammering away at OneCare taking it to version 1.6 and then to 2.0, and constantly improving the antivirus. In mid 2007, OneC... [read more >>] Microsoft's security solutions are newcomers to a multi-billion dollar market, which is saturated by products from household names, such as Symantec, McAfee, Sophos and Kaspersky. At the same time, the Redmond company itself is making its first timid steps into the security industry, which is largely charted territory by now, and Microsoft benefits from the collaboration of some heavyweights that have occupied key positions with the competition. While the initial steps with its consumer antivirus Windows Live OneCare have been shaky, to say the least, Microsoft can only go up, and it has constantly been improving its scores. When it c... [read more >>] Microsoft's latest full version of its antivirus, Windows Live OneCare 1.6 has failed miserably a test conducted by the Anti-Malware Test Lab. The Redmond company's solution was easily surpassed in terms of performance by rival product from heavyweights of the security industry such as Kaspersky, Symantec and McAfee. In fact, the recently launched Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0, tailor fitted and certified for Windows Vista, has proved to be the best antivirus out of the pool of 15 products tested. Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0 is the only security solution that received the Gold Self-Protection Award from the Anti-Malware Test... [read more >>] Anybody who is anybody in the security industry delivers products superior to Windows Live OneCare from Microsoft. At least this is the clear indication of the latest round of AV-Comparatives tests from Andreas Clementi. Microsoft OneCare 1.6 was topped by security solutions from household names on the security market such as Symantec, Kaspersky, McAfee, NOD32, BitDefender, AVIRA, AVG, G Data, F-Secure and Avast. Still there is also a positive perspective over the AV-Comparatives tests, as it indicates a consistent evolution of Windows Live OneCare, synonymous with the improvement of detection rates by no less than 7%. Although OneCare is s... [read more >>] Microsoft is evolving Windows Live OneCare with multi PC management, Printer Sharing, OneCare Online Photo Backup, and support for x64 Windows Vista and Windows XP. The Redmond company's antivirus is moving from version 1.5 to version 2.0. Sign-ups for the Windows Live OneCare Beta (v2.0) program are already live, and you too can join via Microsoft Connect. However, the Windows Live OneCare Beta Team also delivered confirmation of the fact that the first beta for Windows Live OneCare 2.0 will soon be available to testers. In this context, Microsoft has sent out private invitations to Windows Live OneCare 2.0 beta, in what it refers to... [read more >>] | 
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