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Microsoft Windows Live OneCare

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Pros
Cheap and easy to use
Cons
Not as full featured as other suites

User Reviews for Microsoft Windows Live OneCare

Reviewed by: mike99

Duration of ownership: 2 Weeks

Strengths: not sure

Weaknesses: download problems frequent, very bad customer and technical support, also pricy

Overall Evaluation: download problems requent, check windows onecare home page, member accounts, tell us what you think. Customer and technical support is very very bad.
Reviewed by: kunal

Duration of ownership: 2 Months

Strengths: none

Weaknesses: all

Overall Evaluation: system mechanic 6 prof is much better option with kaspersky antivirus
Reviewed by: today3

Duration of ownership: 1 Month

Strengths: The primary reason I bought it because of the back up feature to an external hard drive.

Weaknesses: It appears when it does the anti-virus scan; it also scans the back up on the external drive. I find that slows down the over all "tune up" process and is redundant.

Overall Evaluation: I think it is a good start for a all inclusive program that incorporates anti-virus scan, the pc health, updates and the backup feature. I think it will take some "tweaking" to get it where it needs to be. I think this is an excellent program for anyone not that familiar with all the various programs needed today to keep things running smoothly. This a complete package. In particular I would recommend the program to college bound students. It pretty much takes care of everything for them.

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