I installed OneCare today which is still in Beta and I hope that it reduces the time I spend babysitting my spouse/kids computer. They still have some work to do but I like the idea. It already feels more user-friendly than Windows Update. OneCare will search your machine for viruses, check firewall settings and even perform file backups. The only thing I’ve seen that I don’t like is a paid subscription link. I don’t know if one day Microsoft will require payment for some features of OneCare or for the application itself but they are really going to anger a lot of people if they start charging for patches and updates for their programs.
I’d like to see them add a spyware scanner/protector and registry cleaner. The OneCare team even keeps a blog which is great!
Update: Reading over OneCare blog, it appears Microsoft plans to charge for this product in the future. Bummer.
Update: After a couple of days with Onecare, it’s a bit annoying. Maybe once I teach it what to allow it will settle down. It would not allow Spyware Doctor to update itself no matter what I tried.
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