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Morro antivirus coming 'soon,' Microsoft says

Friday, June 12, 2009

Microsoft will be releasing it free antivirus product Morro "soon," a spokesman said Thursday, Reuters reported. The new service will replace the subscription Windows Live Onecare, which the company plans to discontinue on June 30th.

Morro is designed to delete with a smaller footprint to be more ideal for low-power PCs such as netbooks, the company said back in November.

In its original announcement, Microsoft said that Morro will use the same core anti-malware technology to deliver the same protection against malware that Microsoft offers its business customers, but will not include many of the additional non-security features found in many consumer security suites.

"By shifting to focus on the core anti-malware features that most consumers still don't keep up to date, 'Morro' will be able to provide the essential protections that consumers need without overusing system resources and will help more consumers have better protection against online threats," the company said.

Morro will be available as a stand-alone download for the Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems.

Direct sales of OneCare will be gradually phased out when Morro becomes available.
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