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Windows Live OneCare has a Broken Light

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2008-01-16 04:27:00 by Keith Brown in Security Briefs
...OneCare Like most security products, this one puts an icon in the taskbar. This one glows green if everything is OK, yellow if there's somthing minor wrong, or red if there's something really wrong. For example, it'll glow red while your firewall is disabled By the way, that's one thing I really like about this product. In Windows XP, if you...
 
Tags: onecare, windows, windows live onecare, contact onecare support, onecare dashboard, light, wrong, firewall, replacement firewall
 
 
 
 
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Windows Live OneCare Firewall and Software

2008-01-10 07:37:00 by Keith Brown in Security Briefs
 
...OneCare and generally have been very happy with it. I'm using the Family Safety option to help my kids access the Internet safely. But one thing that's been bugging me is the outbound firewall If your software is signed with a code signing cert issued by an authority that is trusted on the machine (e.g., Thawte, Verisign, etc.) you're good,...
 
Tags: firewall, onecare firewall, software, outbound firewall, firewall outputs, windows live onecare, homebrew software, people, highly technical people
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft dumps OneCare, slates free security software for '09

2008-11-19 05:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Microsoft will dump its Windows Live OneCare consumer security software next year and instead give away revamped, streamlined anti-malware software that it's calling "Morro
 
Tags: anti-malware software, microsoft, morro, dump
 
 
 
 
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Supporting Complex Passwords

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2007-12-04 08:56:00 by Keith Brown in Security Briefs
...OneCare (I've decided to give their family safety feature a try to limit where my little ones can surf on the net). Here's what I got when I supplied my Windows Live ID and password (please note I've changed my ID in this picture to protect the innocent, well, me As you can see, I have a strong (or at least a long) password. After spending...
 
Tags: passwords, complex passwords, complex, passwords hit, password temporarily, temporarily, password, strong passwords, password minder
 
 
 
 
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The cost of a code signing certificate

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2008-01-17 07:31:00 by Keith Brown in Security Briefs
...OneCare Firewall and Security, I mentioned that code signing certificates aren't cheap. If you look at the major vendors like VeriSign and Thawte , you'll find they charge between $500 and $300 for a cert that's valid for a year Scott commented that you can get cheap code-signing certs, as Jon Robbins points out . 80 bucks sounds like quite a...
 
Tags: code, cheap, cheap code, cert, root store, root, philosophical question, issue, install
 
 
 
 
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Supporting your family, friends, and neighbors

2008-02-13 17:45:40 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...OneCare safety scanner. Its free, and it might be a useful habit for you to develop every so often when you get a call from an FFN. There are two versions of the scanner. One is for Windows XP , the other is a beta for Windows Vista What about ensuring that your FFN runs as non-admin? That would be an excellent step, but a lot of software...
 
Tags: suspicious e-mail message, mail, home computers defense, home computers, e-mail, home, web mail, windows live mail, site
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft drops OneCare antivirus product

2008-11-18 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
Two years after trying to build a consumer antivirus business, Microsoft has decide to throw in the towel
 
Tags: consumer antivirus business, microsoft, towel, decide
 
 
 
 
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MS AV Out and Free ... Uh-Oh

2008-11-19 13:44:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...OneCare team blog here . Esp. see this one: " a majority of consumers around the world do not have up-to-date antivirus, antispyware and antimalware protection " ( now they will, thanks to MS! :-) ) and " this new offering will focus on getting the majority of consumers the essential protection they need by providing comprehensive, real-time...
 
Tags: fun comments, comments, real-time anti-malware protection, hit, onecare team blog, news hit, consumers, essential protection, single free
 
 
 
 
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Will Microsoft Corner the Desktop Security Market?

2009-01-08 00:00:00 by HASH0x84739c0 in Network World on Security
 
Microsoft plans to offer a free antivirus product, code-named "Morro," in the second half of this year, when the company removes Windows Live OneCare from the retail market. But cautious consumers may want to keep their current antivirus programs, given Microsoft's dubious track record with antivirus apps
 
Tags: microsoft, free antivirus product, current antivirus programs, microsoft plans, dubious track record, cautious consumers, antivirus apps, retail market, half
 
 
 
 
 
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