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Microsoft’s first example of a free antivirus might have gotten its fair share of criticism and raised eyebrows but fact is that the security solution is right on track to becoming a success. In just the first week since its debut on the market, Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 (formerly codenamed Morro) has b... |
16 October 2009
10:08 GMT |
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The final version of Microsoft's Security Essentials (codename Morro), the basic security solution the Redmond company is working on delivering for Windows, is expected to become available in a matter of weeks, at least this is what the software giant announced on Sunday in a note sent to beta testers. The MSE s... |
22 September 2009
01:51 GMT |
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Microsoft is hard at work cooking a basic security solution for Windows, which was developed initially under the codename Morro. The past week, a refresh for the testing development milestone available since mid-2009 was pushed by the Redmond company through its update infrastructure. Following the official availabil... |
26 August 2009
12:01 GMT |
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If you haven't grabbed your copy of Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 from the official company channels, then you are out of luck. Less than a day after the download of the security solution formerly codenamed Morro went live, Microsoft has discontinued availability. The Redmond-based company stated from the st... |
24 June 2009
10:21 GMT |
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The first public Beta of Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0, formerly codenamed Morro, is now available for download from Microsoft. Via the official webpage, users will need to follow a link to Microsoft Connect. On Connect, the Redmond-based company has published a survey with a few security-related questions ... |
23 June 2009
11:43 GMT |
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Just ahead of the launch of Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0, formerly codenamed Morro, analysis firm Gartner indicated that the Redmond-based company accounted for a share of just 2.3% of the worldwide security solutions market. Microsoft currently focuses mainly on offering business customers security product... |
23 June 2009
09:23 GMT |
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Come June 23rd, 2009, Microsoft will open up codename Morro, its upcoming free security solution designed to replace Windows Live OneCare 2.0, to the public. The Redmond company offered official confirmation that codename Morro had been rebranded as Microsoft Security Essentials, and that the first Beta for version 1... |
19 June 2009
03:20 GMT |
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Microsoft's next-generation free antivirus for Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2/SP1/RTM and Windows XP SP3 has been leaked into the wild. Users with a BitTorrent client can already grab the bits via their favorite torrent tracker, but even less is needed for warez websites that supply the direct download links. With... |
18 June 2009
03:15 GMT |
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At the end of the past week Microsoft offered official confirmation that it was dogfooding (using internally) the next generation of its client-based security product. Codename Morro was announced initially in November 2008, and is planned for general availability in the second half of this year. But while Microsoft ... |
17 June 2009
07:50 GMT |
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Microsoft is on the verge of making available for download the first taste of an upcoming free security solution designed to replace Windows Live OneCare. In November 2008, the Redmond company announced plans to discontinue the availability of Windows Live OneCare and to offer Windows users a consumer-centric securit... |
11 June 2009
03:22 GMT |
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Windows Live OneCare will be available for customers to purchase after the end of this month. In mid-November 2008 Microsoft announced a shift in its security strategy and it plans to deliver a free security offering to users worldwide by the end of 2009. At that time, the Redmond company also mentioned that retail s... |
2 June 2009
13:01 GMT |
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Microsoft has offered official confirmation that Windows Live OneCare is not on the list of security solutions compatible with pre-release development milestones of Windows 7. The Redmond company acknowledged that upgrading copies of Windows Vista running OneCare to Windows 7 Beta would produce an error message infor... |
26 March 2009
06:39 GMT |
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The past month Microsoft announced a major shift in its anti-malware strategy. As a direct consequence, the Redmond company will kill Windows Live OneCare and replace it with a free security solution codenamed Morro. Following the news that OneCare is heading straight for an early grave, critics indicated that Micros... |
2 December 2008
07:38 GMT |
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A future core antimalware solution will replace Windows Live OneCare, which, considering the price of a one year subscription, has already qualified for an alternative to free security software, come mid-2009. Sales of OneCare licenses will be discontinued at the end of June 2009, in order to be replaced by codename ... |
25 November 2008
15:31 GMT |
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Introduced in 2005, Windows Live OneCare is heading for an early grave, with Microsoft planning to discontinue license sales of the all-in-one PC care and security product come June 30, 2009, and to offer support only as long as existing subscriptions will last. In the place of OneCare, the company is cooking what it... |
21 November 2008
08:34 GMT |
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At just three years after its introduction, Windows Live OneCare is nothing more than a dead antivirus walking. The Redmond company has signed the death sentence of its applauded all-in-one PC-care security solution, as of November 18, 2008. Come June 2009, sales of Windows Live OneCare licenses will be discontinued... |
20 November 2008
10:07 GMT |
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Microsoft is cooking a free security solution, designed to integrate seamlessly with Windows 7, as well as with Windows Vista RTM/SP1/SP2 and Windows XP SP3. Advertised as a no-cost consumer security offering, code-named “Morro” is set up to be much more than a simple antivirus, also offering protection a... |
19 November 2008
03:29 GMT |
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