Microsoft Officially Announces Anti-Virus Product

Posted by Zonk on Thursday February 9, 2006 @03:23AM from the another-product-all-grown-up dept.

Harry Maugans writes "Microsoft has officially announced their entrance into the anti-virus market. By combining anti-virus scans, anti-spyware scans, and firewall protection into a single package, Microsoft thinks they've created something fresh. So fresh they're charging an annual fee of $49.99 per year." From the article: "Microsoft's Windows OneCare Live program will be launched in June and made available online and via retailers for an annual fee of $49.95 on up to three machines. Customers who beta test Windows OneCare Live between April 1 and April 30 get to take advantage of a special $19.95 promotional price. Microsoft's pricing means Windows OneCare subscribers are likely to pay less up front than if they bought traditional anti-virus software like Symantec, for example, whose Norton AntiVirus 2006 protection pack for three PCs lists at $89.99."

2 of 399 comments (clear)

Cool by dfiguero · 2006-02-09 03:25 · Score: 5, Funny

So now they sell you the problem and the fix!

--
My penguin ate my sig
Re:To be fair to Microsoft by JonTurner · 2006-02-09 05:06 · Score: 3, Funny

>>put "I love you" in the "bad words" filter for your mail server, rejecting every single email containing the phrase "I love you"

Now I've seen it all. Following that line of reasoning, if they'd just filter on the word "virus"...