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September 15, 2005
Microsoft's new AntiVirus / OneCare
I'm back from a way too short vacation in our neighbouring country, Bulgaria.
In the meantime, there are some interesting reports of a loose version of OneCare, Microsoft's upcoming antivirus product.
Posted by Costin Raiu at September 15, 2005 11:44 AM
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hmmm... It would be great if MS comes up with its own anti virus!
Posted by: Dr. Prahalathan KK at September 15, 2005 12:00 PM
Rumours say the product will be limited in the number of threats it can detect, that is, will not see "older" viruses but only new, recent ones.
We'll have to see if that is true and how such a product can be useful for the casual users.
Posted by: Costin Raiu at September 15, 2005 12:11 PM
I have the best virus protection around, Linux. I do have a window partition and have never gotten a virus and have never used any virus protection.
Posted by: Gary at September 17, 2005 11:17 PM
I've seen cases where people were claiming similar things and their systems were in fact filled with spyware.
I'm not saying this is also the case here, but stating that Linux is the best virus protection around is simply misleading.
For instance, no more than a few days ago, two major Mozilla distributions were found infected with 'Linux.RST.b', a Linux virus. Simply the fact that the installation kits were infected with RST proves my point.
Posted by: Costin Raiu at September 18, 2005 11:08 AM