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Microsoft is getting serious about security, offering a free anti-malware package code-named Morro that has been specially designed for low cost PCs.

A very simple question which came to my mind immediately after read from the source. Tell me who’re going to use Microsoft Anti Virus? Who are going to give change to those joker - VIRUS producer which mostly anti Microsoft and always target Microsoft products. I would said NO THANKs to Microsoft.

The Microsoft antivirus software will be available in the second half of 2009 and will provide ‘comprehensive protection’ from ‘the majority of online threats’, including viruses, spyware, rootkits and trojans.

Morro is based on - and will replace - the current Windows Live OneCare subscription service, although it has been architected to use fewer computing resources, making it ideal for low-bandwidth scenarios or less powerful PCs.

Also destined for the chop is Equipt, Microsoft’s short lived excursion into consumer software-as-a-service, offering cloud storage of files, updates to Microsoft Office packages and Windows Live OneCare, for an annual cost of £59. Microsoft Equipt launched just one month ago.

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