You’d think that with all the viruses, malware, spyware and what not on Windows, Microsoft would offer some sort of protection. Well, actually it does, currently the service costs $49.95 per year and is called Microsoft Live OneCare. It’s one of the many things Microsoft has that’s easy to forget about. That’s not a bad thing, though, as it will be leaving on June 30, 2009.

To replace OneCare, Microsoft is working on “Morro.” Morro is the project-name for its new, free virus protection program. According to the Reuters article, Morro is being designed to work on “smaller, less powerful computers.” That probably means it is being made to work with netbooks. Continued after the break.

Many users of AVG 7.5 and AVG 8 were stuck with Windows systems that didn’t operate after the AVG security scanner software mistakenly identified a necessary Windows component as a Trojan virus.

The file user32.dll was tagged incorrectly as a banking Trojan after a signature update on Sunday. The AVG scanner then advised users to delete the “harmful file.” So, of course…many listened. And when they did, they were stuck with a system that either would not boot or else was knocked into a continuous reboot cycle. Continued after the break.

In an effort to better brand themselves Grisoft will be changing their name to better reflect their current product line. Their name will be changed to AVG Technologies, which is a name that more people will recognize thanks to their current AVG software line. They are the makers of the great and free “AVG Anti-Virus more »