OneCare fails security tests - again

Microsoft's own antivirus software, Live OneCare, is unable to fully protect
Vista users against viruses, and one of security firm McAfee's antivirus
software packages also fails to protect users, according to independent
research released Friday.

Security news Web site Virus Bulletin, backed by a team of security
researchers based in Oxfordshire, U.K., tested 15 antivirus software packages
used by businesses and designed specifically for Vista, Microsoft's newest
operating system. The packages were released to businesses two months ago.

The researchers tested whether each of the antivirus products would stop a
set of viruses known to be currently circulating. In order to be awarded a
pass, the software had to detect all the viruses with no false positives.

But out of the 15, four failed: Microsoft Live OneCare 1.5; McAfee VirusScan
Enterprise version 8.1i; G DATA AntiVirusKit 2007 v17.0.6353; and Norman
VirusControl v5.90. The other 11, including software from CA, Fortinet,
F-Secure, Kaspersky, Sophos and Symantec, detected all the viruses.

Read the full report here:

http://news.com.com/Microsofts+own+a...6733&subj=news

And I’m supposed to PAY for that joker of a so-called or otherwise
“security� product??