Icrosoft Recently announced plans to discontinue One-Care, the company's consumer-oriented, subscription-based anti-malware product. Instead, Microsoft will offer a free-of-charge anti-malware offering called Morro. I know that conventional wisdom, certain government and industry regulations, and Windows' "Danger, Will Robinson" Security Center alert shield all disagree with me, but I'm not convinced that anti-virus products (as we know them) are even worth what Microsoft plans to charge for Morro. That"s because no matter how much you pay (or don't pay) in anti-virus licensing fees, these products carry considerable costs. First, as anyone who's regularly used anti-virus software has experienced, the scanning, updating and heuristics functions of these products add up to significant system overhead. Who among us has never stepped out to grab a cup of coffee or chat idly by the water cooler while Windows cranked through some ill-timed system scan?
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