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| From: Microsoft Software
List Price: $49.95
Buy New: $21.77
You Save: $28.18 (56%)
New (58) Used (5) from $19.89
Rating:  186 reviews
Sales Rank: 50
Format: Dvd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Xp
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Windows Vista
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.2 x 1.5
MPN: C7S-00135
Model: C7S-00135
UPC: 882224494274
EAN: 0882224495134
ASIN: B000V6YPAY
Release Date: November 15, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 26-30 of 186
 Installation is TOUGH! Read on... March 13, 2008
R. Lanthier (Vienna, VA United States)
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
I thought I would try out Microsoft's solution for PC protection as it was offered as a freebie for Vine subscribers. I was shocked how much needed to be downloaded on initial installation. If you are on dial-up be prepared to spend "between 1 and 2 hours" for an a initial download while installing. "15-30 minutes" via broadband. Not sure why there is so much downloading for an initial software install. This bothered me, not a great way to start a relationship with software...
It took about 45 minutes to get this all installed, including a frustrating experience with the Microsoft servers, and online protection keys that were SO difficult to decipher that it took me FOUR tries to finally get through. I appreciate the need to protect from hacking, but a novice user may NEVER be able to get beyond this step...
Then enter a 25 character license key. Three tries at that. OH I guess they want upper case letters. This is not an obvious requirement because all letters in the key are upper case, thus giving no clue as to the importance of letter case in the key...
My goodness, all this time unprotected I am likely infected, (yes, you have to uninstall any other protection you might have installed, prior to installing this)...
Right now, I have a GREEN light, which means that I am supposedly fully protected. But I am running a full virus, spy ware scan, and it is very slow... I'll try it a few more days, but the verdict thus far is: DOG. Actually, that's not really being fair to dogs... Also the backup program is REALLY slow, but so then is Norton's Ghost. I like Acronis's True Image (e.g. Acronis True Image 11 Home) backup solutions.
Nothing about this initial experience inspires confidence, which is exactly what this kind of software SHOULD do...
 Incomplete protection, but still good March 17, 2008
Brian Reaves (Anniston, AL USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is Windows answer to Norton. I don't know what took them so long to create it, but they finally did. You have a firewall, parental protection, antivirus, and a spyware blocker all in one product. Yes, there is a yearly subscription involved (like Norton), but it's affordable (less than fifty dollars right now).
The installation is smooth under Windows XP. I haven't tried this in Vista yet, but a friend of mine did and has had no issues with it there either. It updates regularly and can be set to do everything with no user intervention. This is a good all-in-one suite for someone who wants to just set it and forget it. It does an adequate job of keeping your computer safe. The more technically inclined will have their own individual programs that they prefer over any suite, but the casual user will find this easy enough to use.
The only issue I've had is on the servers I have this set up on. Occasionally after an update the servers will lose connection with the internet and I'll have to adjust the firewall settings. It's a relatively quick fix and not a reason to skip this product, but I wanted to be complete in the review.
The bottom line is there are other alternatives that work just as well for less money (AVG Antivirus, Comodo Firewall Pro, etc), but if you're looking for something to put on your parents' computer or a friend's computer that you can set up and not have to constantly be their on-call tech support, this is the best choice.
Warning April 12, 2008
R. Gladstone
3 out of 13 found this review helpful
Unfortunately Microsoft, in typical anti-competitive behavior, has made sure that you cannot use other vendors products once you install OneCare Live, without constant warnings. They believe that using other scanners (not in real time) to find additional problems should never be allowed. If you install this you will be warned if you use Ad-Aware or SpyBot SD, both of which are free products. OneCare Live is known to not catch a number of infections, so occasionally scanning with another product is advisable. You should never run more than one scanner product in real-time, however, manually scanning with more than one is advisable. Microsoft once again is trying to irradiate competitors instead of focusing on the viruses and spyware on your computer. You would have think they would have learned something from the IE lawsuits.
 User Friendly and Decently Priced May 26, 2008
M. Meadows (Lexington, KY)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've used this product for over a year now and have been extremely pleased with the anti-virus and spyware protection. I've used the backup functionality as well in the past and been pleased with it's hands off approach (I use a different solution now though).
Overall, the best PC protection software I've ever used.
Go for it!!!! January 25, 2008
Jacob Samuel (Toms River, NJ USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is totally worthy puchase. Security is better than using Spysweeper with Antivirus. Provide sheild better than using McAfee. What else you can expect from a product coming free after MIRs...
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