Microsoft's OneCare came last in a survey of 17 security software packages
Microsoft OneCare fails again
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07 Mar 2007, Iain Thomson , V3
Another independent test of Microsoft's OneCare anti-malware suite will make grim reading in Redmond.
OneCare came last in a survey of 17 security software packages, picking up only 82.4 per cent of the 500,000 pieces of malware used in the test. All but one of the other packages scored over 90 per cent.
"Microsoft OneCare performed very low in the test and did not reach the minimum requirements for participation," said the report from independent testing site AV Comparatives. "Its inclusion in future tests this year will have to be re-evaluated."
OneCare performed particularly badly in detecting Trojans and backdoors, picking up only 79.6 per cent of attacks, and the package finished last in all three detection tests.
The overall winner of the group test was G Data's AntiVirusKit, which detected 99.45 per cent of all threats.
Most of the other top five packages use multiple scanning engines to assess threats.
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Do you agree?
MS's Own Software
They write but can they protect it? NO!
Like it has been said many times before, MS writes crappy software & this all but proves it.
Open-Source is better protected & not only bcoz it isn't the major market leader, more bcoz it's based on UNIX which has been around a lot longer & has already dealt with most of the problems MS is dealing with.
Hey Stevie-babee, "I'm gonna f***ing kill Google".
Not with your software you won't! Suck-it in Stevie-babee.
Posted by Rex Alfie Lee, 07 Mar 2007