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Microsoft To Offer Free Anti-Virus Software

Dynamoo writes "The good news is that Microsoft have announced free anti-virus software for consumers, dubbed Morro, available late next year. The bad news is... well, exactly the same. Although Microsoft's anti-malware products are pretty good, this move... ...full story at slashdot

from slashdot on Wed, Nov 19 2008

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12 Jun 09 visit Microsoft's Free AV App May Be a Non-Starter  »  slashdot CWmike writes "Microsoft is preparing to launch a public beta of Morro, the free anti-malware it announced last November, according to reports. Morro will use the same scanning engine as Windows Live OneCare, the software that the free software will...
11 Jun 09 visit Microsoft will soon unveil free anti-virus software  »  digg Microsoft is getting ready to unveil a long-anticipated free anti-virus service for personal computers that will compete with products sold by Symantec Corp and McAfee Inc. A Microsoft spokesman said on Wednesday that the world's biggest software maker...
19 Nov 08 visit MS kills off OneCare to introduce free security software  »  the register (uk) Pay less for Morro Microsoft has abandoned its attempt to make money from selling anti-virus software to consumers, two years after entering the cut-throat market.…
21 May 09 visit BitDefender launches 'suck it and see' free anti-virus scanner  »  the register (uk) Cut-down software in consumer marketing push Romanian anti-virus firm BitDefender has begun offering a free version of its anti-virus scanner software to consumers.…Whitepaper - Creating portals with Office Sharepoint: put an end to the information fr...
04 Oct 09 visit Microsoft Security Essentials: The Big Questions  »  digg Microsoft's free Security Essentials is all set to blow the anti-virus software industry apart, offering what the Redmond giant suggests is a 'high-quality, free, excellent anti-malware product'.

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