Don't forget: Today's the day for Morro

@robertsjoe: Wake up and smell the roses. Ed Bott on OneCare: "... Microsoft scored dismal test results in the early days of OneCare, hitting a nadir in 2007, but its record has improved dramatically since. A new study (May 2009) by the independent AV-Comparatives group gave Microsoft OneCare (which shares the same engine and signatures as MSE) its highest (Advanced+) rating. Only 3 of the 16 products in the test earned that rating. Microsoft’s technology scored second in the accuracy ratings, behind AVIRA but ahead of AVG, Symantec, McAfee, and a dozen other products. And on the crucial measure of delivering the fewest false positives, Microsoft stood far ahead of the pack, delivering the fewest false positives of any program tested." http://www.av-comparatives.org/ "In the most recent round of tests from the independent ICSA Labs, Microsoft’s technology passed, while McAfee’s VirusScan family joined several smaller competitors on the FAIL list." http://www.icsalabs.com/icsa/topic.php?tid=d3a8$95695e0b-40700fe6$8dd1-8fc093ea" Why are you still on this site today? Don't you have some fruithead conclave to attend to hail the second [well, third] coming of your lord and savior?

Little off topic but staying with Morro or now MSE. I just read the article that Paul wrote "Why Does Microsoft Charge for Security?". Does it seem that as a whole the computer industry has shunned the idea of making money off hard work developing a product? A quote from the article; "Maybe it's me, but it seems like there's a big gulf between free and unmanaged on the one hand (MSE) and expensive but managed on the other (FCS). In keeping with the theme of last week's commentary, Google Rains on Microsoft's Exchange Parade, I think Microsoft is going to have to adapt its pricing strategy to meet the pricing of competitors like Google.". It seems like everything in the computer industry is trying to adapt the "Free" aspect associated with Open Source to everything in the computer industry. We can now buy loaded computers for 650.00 dollars and we are complaining about 12/yr anti-virus software. While I love the fact that i can now buy super cheap computers and that everyone is trying to make software cheaper and cheaper. But in reality we as consumers lose out and eventually the industry as a whole will fail, due to the fact that everyone wants "Free" or cheap as possible. Dell is one of the largest computer resellers and they are struggling because there is no profits to be made. I have a Packard Bell 486 computer that still runs as good as the day i bought it. Can you say that you have a computer that was bought in the last 4 years that was 400-700 dollars that actually still runs? The quality of the parts have significantly been reduced to meet the demand of "Super Cheap". And as far as software, I actually prefer to pay for Windows and Office software than to use say Linux and Open Office. I may be the minority, but this is a case where i say you get what you pay for. Are we really complaining about Anti-Virus software for 12 dollars a year for business and "Free" for personal use. Really?

Finally dumped the McAfee Beta program and installed the MSE.. have tried Kaspersky (beta) when 7 launched and it took many resources and bothered me many times .. when I found McAfee has its beta as well ... dumped Kaspersky and McAfee is a fine software in my opinion.. it ran fine without any issues so far.. .. I hope MSE meets my expectations and doesn't bother me much!

@Waethorn "you should remember what I told you before you consider calling Microsoft." I would never call Microsoft for support. Doesn't seem like the right thing to do for some reason. If I can't figure something out, Google can. Regarding MSE in a medium sized network: I understand that MSE isn't a business option, but it could still be useful in a medium sized network if a only a small anti-malware client is needed. I work in possibly one of the worst markets for security at the desktop, k-12 education. However, I have taken measures to prevent viruses and maleware at the Internet gateway and from USB flash drives, the two biggest malware problem areas. So, this leaves me with the need for only a small client that will most likely never even see a virus. Yeah, it would be better to have a centerally managed client. But when you weigh the financial cost with the benifit from a centerally manage client thats not really needed, it ends up looking like money is being thrown away.