Comments on: Microsoft's OneCare firewall draws fire

Default setting allows certain applications to connect to the Internet, opening door to spyware.

[melsmith]

OneCare Antivirus catches Java???

Microsoft's OneCare team wrote the following on their blog:

"If a malicious program that uses the Java Virtual Machine does land on a user's PC, the antivirus component of OneCare should catch it...".

But they just announced two days ago that AntiVirus would NOT be included with OneCare. So their argument is invalid.

[Bobman]

Hold it

Wasn't that Vista that they said wouldn't include antivirus, not OneCare?

[Philips]

Highly unusual

"It is highly unusual for malware to be signed,"

As well as for well written program to have buffer overflows. And yet.

Expect virus writers start signing their pets sooner that us programmers creating bugfree code. Take my word for it: former is much much much easier.

[Ronald J Riley]

MircoCrap

Considering how poor Windows design is why would anyone want to buy a security product from them?

They should fix the product's deficiencies at no cost to users!

[system001]

happy with norton

i have been using norton systemworks for years now without any real headaches. why would i want to go to a untested product. much less why would i want to use a product by a company who if they had done their job right in the first place there would not be any holes in their os. in vista you have windows defender which i have not found any way to uninstall. there goes microsoft with embedded software again. i believe we need to take the same action as the eu did. which was to have microsoft remove several features so as to be fair to the competition. i have beta tested vista up through its current build and find nothing in it including windows defender to compel me to upgrade to it. i will continue to use norton products because i have never had any problems with them. i do not like having software just shoved at me. i.e. internet explorer, windows defender. microsoft should just stick with making the best core os that they can, set up separate devisions for browsers, security tools, and so on allowing for true freedom of choice in what software is used by the end user. i believe by the time vista is released in january i will be dual booting a brand new mac with osx and xp. i see no real reason to upgrade to vista, windows defender, or microsoft one care.