Kurt Shintaku's Blog

Ooh.  Cool.  Windows Live OneCare 2.0 1-year subscription for FREE.  Great for folks that need an “all-encompassing” protection solution.

PURCHASE: 
Amazon.com Windows Live OneCare 2.0:  $30 – $30 rebate = FREE

Here’s a few cool facts that I bet you didn’t know:

1. COVERS 4 COMPUTERS
   A single OneCare purchase can be installed across 4 different computers you own.
2. AUTOUPDATE
   The software automatically updates itself – not just the virus definitions but also the actual software itself.  This ensure that the binaries are up to date without any assistance from a relative or friend.
3. NETWORK BACKUP
   The software will also backup content to another drive on the system or to a network location on a home network.  This makes sure that duplicates of critical are always available for the owner on another volume without the person even knowing it.
4. FIREWALL MANAGEMENT
   OneCare automatically manages your firewall settings to protect against common known intrusions and threats from the open Internet.  These port settings and restrictions aren’t something that I’m aware any other vendor provides other than actual firewall vendors like BlackIce.
5. MAINTENANCE AUTOMATION
   Besides protecting the system, OneCare provides on-going maintenance of the PC, including defragmentation of the drive for performance, clearing out of “trash” like temp files & cached Internet files, backuping data on a regular basis, autoscanning for spyware as well as viruses, etc.