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Microsoft Corp. ready to unveil their free anti-virus software service for personal computers that will compete with products sold by Symantec Corp. and McAfee Inc.
The world's biggest software maker Microsoft Corporation is now testing an early version of the product with its own employees. Soon Microsoft will going to make a trial version, or product beta, available via its website.Three years ago, Microsoft entered that market with Live OneCare, which turned out to be a commercial flop. It announced plans in November to kill that product suite, saying it would launch the free Morro service by the end of 2009.
Code-named Morro after Brazil's Morro de Sao Paolo beach, amid concern it could hurt sales of products from Symantec and McAfee, which generate billions of dollars of revenue a year protecting Windows PCs from attacks by hackers.
Their top-selling products are security suites that come with features including encryption, firewalls, password protection, parental controls and data backup. Analysts said they are looking forward to Morro's beta to see exactly how its features compare to those in products from competitors.
Microsoft has said it will provide protection from several types of malicious software including viruses, spyware, rootkits and trojans.
The world's biggest software maker Microsoft Corporation is now testing an early version of the product with its own employees. Soon Microsoft will going to make a trial version, or product beta, available via its website.Three years ago, Microsoft entered that market with Live OneCare, which turned out to be a commercial flop. It announced plans in November to kill that product suite, saying it would launch the free Morro service by the end of 2009.
Code-named Morro after Brazil's Morro de Sao Paolo beach, amid concern it could hurt sales of products from Symantec and McAfee, which generate billions of dollars of revenue a year protecting Windows PCs from attacks by hackers.
Their top-selling products are security suites that come with features including encryption, firewalls, password protection, parental controls and data backup. Analysts said they are looking forward to Morro's beta to see exactly how its features compare to those in products from competitors.
Microsoft has said it will provide protection from several types of malicious software including viruses, spyware, rootkits and trojans.
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