Comments on: Microsoft to offer free consumer security suite

Software giant cans its paid Windows Live OneCare service in favor of a free consumer software focused on protecting PCs against malware.

[jtmonrow]

In the second paragraph my reading stopped at "he new offering will be available <b>in the second half of 2009<b>. Isn't that a tech lifetime away??

[salele111]

It is about time Microsoft started dishing out free software like Google does. A little goodwill doesn't hurt anyone. I hope it will live up to standard anti virus software.

[kagedmunky]

Defeat? This is more like a victory for Microsoft! They finally realized that Antivirus software isn't worth paying for. Whether you pay for it or not your computer can still get a virus that isn't picked up by your antivirus program so you're essentially just paying for a false sense of security.

[Jon N.]

To John Howell: Do you receive lots of junk email messages from people you don't know? It's no surprise if you do. As more people use email, marketers are increasingly using email messages to pitch their products and services. Some consumers find unsolicited commercial email - also known as "spam" - annoying and time consuming; others have lost money to bogus offers that arrived in their email in-box.

This website has information about the Federal Trade Commission's recent law enforcement actions against deceptive commercial email and spammers' responsibilities under the CAN-SPAM law. In the "For Consumers" section, you'll find tips on how to reduce the amount of spam email in your in-box.

If you get spam email that you think is deceptive, forward it to [e-mail]. The FTC uses the spam stored in this database to pursue law enforcement actions against people who send deceptive email.

http://www.ftc.gov/spam/

I hope it helps.

Jon N.

[Vegaman_Dan]

Whoa... time warp here. This article from November just popped up in CNET's main news page as a new article today, 6/16/2009.

Funky web server glitch.

[slimbob1210]

What is the link and is this really free and is the updates permanit like the updates last more than one year if it does thanks