OneCare Fails One More Security Test

Windows Live OneCare, the security tool provided by the software giant Microsoft, failed another antivirus test, AV-Comparatives reported today. Some week ago, the security company reported that OneCare was the weakest antivirus in the tests because it managed to identify only a small percent of the threats. Today, the Microsoft product discovered only 91 percent of the Windows Viruses, 79.6 percent of the backdoors and 82.4 percent of the overall threats tested by the company.

“Microsoft responded to OneCare's certification failure on Wednesday, arguing that it is "looking closely at the methodology and results of the test to ensure that Windows Live OneCare performs better in future tests and (to) determine whether any learnings from these tests can be used to improve our services as part of our ongoing work to continually enhance Windows Live OneCare to ensure the highest level of protection and service that we can provide our customers,” News.com reported.

The most powerful antiviruses in the testing were Gdata AVK, Avira, F-Secure, Kaspersky and eScan that received the “Advanced +” mark. As you surely know, Windows Live OneCare was especially designed by the software giant to represent the most powerful security suite for Windows Vista, an operating system recently launched by the company. At this time, Microsoft presents Vista as an operating system able to revolutionize the Internet activities, allowing users to do their job with ease using some simple but powerful functions. Although Vista is often regarded as an all-in-one operating system and the most secure version of Windows, it is more vulnerable and less secure.

Since the release of the product, Microsoft discovered some important vulnerabilities that can allow an attacker to control an affected system. This time, Windows Live OneCare, the antivirus tool that was meant to enhance the security systems of Vista is also vulnerable, so it seems like the users are opened to attacks with no chance of protecting their computers.