Windows Live OneCare helps protect your computer, and its automated optimization features keep your PC running at its speediest. OneCare even regularly backs up your important files. Windows Live OneCare constantly thinks about your computer's safety and maintenance--so you don't have to. OneCare communicates the status of your PC's health in the notification area of your Windows taskbar: A green icon means your status is Good. Protection Plus features like antivirus, anti-phishing, and firewall are up to date and turned on, and your computer is not due for a tune-up or a backup. Windows Live OneCare is running in the background, monitoring your system to prevent threats like viruses or spyware. A yellow icon means your status is Fair. Usually this means you have an action to take, such as scheduling or running a tune-up or backup, turning on the Microsoft Phishing Filter, or downloading a non-critical update. A yellow icon means there is no immediate threat to your system, but you should take care of the action as soon as you can to return your system to green. A red icon means that your computer is At Risk. This can happen if, for example, Windows Live OneCare is unable to update Protection Plus with the latest virus definitions because of a lost Internet connection, or if the Windows Live OneCare Firewall is turned off. You get all this in one convenient package: Protection Plus, with its antivirus and antispyware scanners and managed, two-way firewall, helps protect your computer from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, hackers, phishing, and other threats. It runs continuously in the background, but you can scan individual files and folders for viruses on demand simply by right-clicking them. You can even scan attachments you receive via Windows Live Messenger or MSN Messenger. Performance Plus regularly defragments your hard disk, removes any unnecessary files that can clog your PC, and helps make sure importa
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
A great program:
When I first started to use this program (this is my 3rd year) I was told by my computer literate friends that I would be sorry. The word was that Microsoft couldn't write a good error-free program. Well since then they all have gone to One Care and feel that it is by far the best there is out there. If like me you want a program that does it all and keeps on top of everything that needs to be done when it needs to be done then this is definitely the one for you. Not long ago one of my machines (I have... more info
BEST:
If you go right now and ask any stores like best buy,that which antivirus is best they would tell you one between these,MCAFEE-NORTON-PC CILLIN,but i am a computer technician,i tell you that non is like Microsft antivirus!since i am working with internet a lot!before i used to change my widows everymonth becuase of virus!but now no more!i have my windows for 1 year!also i installed this for several people and they always appropriate me!just think about it for a minute!who made windows!microst!so wow knows... more info
Great Product/Awasome Price:
Great product. I am using it for second year. Have been very satisfied with OneCare and decided to continue with it. The price is amazing especially this time. I got it from Amazon market place for $5 because it is an old version but this does not matter. All you need is the subscription key and you can get the latest version online unless you already have it as in my case (I was renewing my subscription).
OneCare will never completely defragment your hard disk:
I just bought a new laptop with OneCare 2.0 preinstalled. My system is much faster than when I used Norton and (so far - 1 month!) I have been mostly happy with it. However, I noticed that the weekly tune-up kept coming back with a message saying "C:/ Defragmentation partially completed*. Because of high levels of disk fragmentation, starred volumes could not be completed in this Tune-Up and are marked for defragmentation in later Tune-Ups". I presumed this was because my computer was new and I had recently... more info
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