Microsoft’s Anti-Virus The Worst

Microsoft’s Live OneCare security suite is not as secure as they think. OneCare is Microsoft’s foray into the security suite world. that is already hot contested by companies such as Symantec and Mcfee. Now one would think that since it’s made by Microsoft, it should be able to do a pretty good job, protecting other Microsoft products (namely, Windows XP/Vista and IE), right? Wrong. Various security experts who conduct security suite tests, including AV-Comparatives (www.av-comparatives.org) have already pish-toshed Microsoft’s attempts. Andreas Clementi, the AV-Comparatives reviewer has gone as far s suggesting that OneCare might not even bve included in the next comparison, because it’s just no good!
Microsoft was quick to do the necessary PR clean-up job promising to look into the test and make sure that OneCare does better. Of course since OneCare is still a registered security suite, certified by the International Computer Security Association, it will continue to be sold. We must concede that it is still early days, and OneCare can obviously get better. What worries us is that it is a Microsoft product. Which is obviously being scrutinsed by every hacker and script kiddie for flaws . Do we really want to be using security software from the most virus-targeted company in the world? Of course in a few years Microsoft may make us eat this very paper we’ve printed on, by using the whole experience to build another stable and secure product-and we’ll be only too glad to pay for the ketchup to help digest the paper. It’s ironic, isn’t it? All those virus writers out there are unknowingly helping Microsoft clean-up their code, resulting in more stable products by the day. Perhaps 25 secruity patches down the line, OneCare will win the 2008 anti-virustest. I look forward to the day.