Last drop, Microsoft announced its intentions to deliver a free replacement for its OneCare antivirus/anti-malware product for Windows Computer customers. Given that then, organization officials repeatedly have refused to offer any additional info on Morro;s status (past the promised Q2/Q3 2009 start date).It will stand to cause that date should be near, since Microsoft has long been taking away OneCare in the channel for the previous couple of months. And, as one of my viewers mentioned currently:“I thought OneCare was supposed to die in June, and working for a small organization, I;m trying to figure out if we can play wait-and-see on it or if we really will need to plunk down $1k for antivirus licenses for everybody. (Proper now we;re not running anything! Eek!)”Yes,
Office 2007 Keygen, reader, OneCare is only available at retail through June 30, 2009. But I haven;t been able to get Microsoft to supply any guidelines on when and whether the corporation planned to start a public or private external test build of Morro. (I ask periodically, to no avail.)However, Reuters seemed to have additional luck:“A Microsoft spokesman said on Wednesday (June 10) that the world;s biggest software maker is testing an early version of the item with its own employees. Microsoft would ;soon; make a trial version, or item beta, available via its website, he added, but declined to present a specific date.”Morro is being marketed by the Windows Client team, but is being developed by Microsoft;s Forefront security team and is based on the Forefront antivirus/anti-malware engine. Microsoft;s reasoning for going from a paid subscription service to a free of charge Morro client: By getting Morro on all consumer PCs, especially those whose users may not have the money or interest to run antivirus/anti-malware software, that it will be able to better secure the entire Windows ecosystem,It sounds as though Microsoft may have told some bloggers/press about its rollout plans for Morro under non-disclosure. So I wouldn;t be surprised to see the Softies supply the Morro beta in the coming days…What are you hoping/expecting to see in Morro?