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Spyware Warrior: Team, said the open-source FU rootkit ranks high on the list of malicious software programs deleted by the free Windows worm zapping utility. It’s not clear to me if Garms is referring to the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool or the new Windows One Care which is still in beta. (via Cosmos)

[Intellectual Security] Crypto-Gram: there.) Windows OneCare is the next-generation pervasive security program that will be part of Microsoft Windows...: computer and otherwise. For back issues, or to subscribe, visit www.schneier.com/crypto-gram.html....

[RossCode.com] RossCode Weekly #017: Microsoft loses money on the hardware every time they sell it, so why not embed the sofware into an operating system, and leave it up to the user to buy the correct hardware? On the other hand, now you are making a base set of requirements for any Vista PC that wants to run games of whatever hardware is in the XBox 360 - and then having to deal with the support issues if that doesn't work.

[The Cynosural Blog] Microsoft Windows OneCare: Dan Gillmor has also been writing about OneCare, more from the standpoint of Windows charging to fix its mistakes, and Robert Scoble responded. Most software is buggy and ultimately not secure;

[Microsoft.weblogsinc.com] Microsoft announces Client Protection, SecureIT Alliance - The ...: Founding members include: Altiris Inc., Aventail Corp., BindView Corp., Centrify Corp., Citrix Systems Inc., Computer Associates International Inc., Configuresoft Inc., e-Security Inc., F5 Networks Inc., Forum Systems Inc., F-Secure Corp., FullArmor Corp., LANDesk Software Ltd., McAfee, Inc., Microsoft Corp., Net Report, NetIQ Corp., Network Intelligence Corp., Panda Software, Ping Identity Corp., Quest Software Inc., RSA Security Inc., Symantec Corp., Trend Micro Inc., Utimaco Safeware AG, VeriSign Inc., Voltage Security Inc., Vormetric Inc.

[Microsoft.com] Microsoft’s Live Offerings: Windows Live and Microsoft Office Live ...: Customers will be able to take the health of their PC to the next level with Windows OneCare Live, a robust subscription service that not only helps protect your PC from viruses and spyware, but also helps ensure that it continues to run well by keeping it up to date and helping make sure the system is maintained regularly. Windows OneCare Live will also manage backups to help give customers peace of mind that they won’t lose the information, photos, music, documents or other files on their PC that are important to them.

 [News.yahoo.com] Microsoft Goes Live with OneCare Security Software - Yahoo! News: A poll conducted after the high profile Zotob worm outbreak in August 2005 found that 35 percent of respondents thought that Microsoft was to blame rather than the worm's actual author, said Cluley, as the worm exploited a critical security vulnerability in the Windows operating system code. "However, if the launch of OneCare gets more home users using up-to-date antivirus software, then this has to be good news for everyone else on the Internet."

 [Chris.pirillo.com] The Official Scoop on OneCare (Chris Pirillo): "Windows OneCare is the next major advance in our ongoing efforts to help keep consumers' Windows-based PCs `healthy' in a way that's simple and as worry-free as possible for them," said Ryan Hamlin, general manager of the Technology Care and Safety Group at Microsoft. "We're designing the service so it will continually update and evolve over time, helping to ensure that our customers will have the most complete and effective protection and safety services in place every time they turn on their PC."

 [25hoursaday.com] Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life: I've had some interaction with the OneCare folks as part of my day job .In the post entitled RSS Bandit 1.3.0.38 on the Microsoft Show's blog it states .

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