Moving Forwards To Morro

So Microsoft have announced that OneCare is going away and being replaced by a new ‘free’, lightweight offering ‘Morro’. Why has OneCare gone away? Well, it never really made a dent in the market as its protection was substandard and it hogged resources… consumers voted with their feet and sought protection elsewhere.

Will the new cut-down version be any better? In short, no. It wasn’t seen as good before and this is less than it was!

The world of security and threats is moving more rapidly than ever. It is now widely recognised that anti-virus is just one aspect and to increase security you need to take a more holistic approach with personal firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems, anti-phishing, rootkit detection and additional security around usernames and passwords, especially for things like internet banking and online shopping. Companies like Symantec have made their name from staying ahead of the cyber-criminals and continuously innovating to create a complete solution, not just for the consumer (our Norton brand – PC World’s got some great deals) but also for the enterprise. A Global Intelligence Network of more than 40,000 nodes, two million dummy email accounts and an extensive honeypot network watches constantly for threats across the world and security experts create updates to protect against the risks – which can be delivered to you every few minutes if you want. You need expertise and investment to do this, OneCare couldn’t do it, Morro won’t either – we have built our reputation around it.

With the credit-crunch biting more people are turning to the Internet to do their shopping and they need to have confidence that their systems and information are safe. There is an old adage that “what you pay for is what you get”, when the security solution is incomplete, you are at risk. Period. You can use multiple products (including free ones) to get a complete solution or you can buy an integrated solution… the decision is yours. Whatever you do, do something and stay safe online.

PS If you want a free anti-virus product, which has the Symantec name behind it, go to the PCTools website!

November 27, 2008 | Filed Under security 

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