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Microsoft just announced it will be discontinuing OneCare and roll out out a free antivirus product soon.

A little too late from the big M$. They know about their own security holes, but instead of giving the huge variety of users something free and easy (similar to AVG), they push a difficult to use security solution with a yearly subscription. OneCare was baffling as many would come into Circuit City asking to set their subscription up.

Microsoft first attempted a huge subscription service with Windows XP. This explains the annoying activation service as it was supposed to function as an annual renewal to use their operating systems.