Microsoft wants to play doctor with your home network
BetaNews | at | by Mike
With the release of version 2.0, Windows Live OneCare is no longer just for one PC; Microsoft now wants to inoculate entire home networks with its computer care service.When it launched OneCare in May 2006, Microsoft risked alienating its close security partners such as Symantec and McAfee by entering a market it previously avoided. Now, the Redmond company is upping the ante by going after families with multiple PCs in their homes.
Windows Live OneCare 2.0, which is sold as a retail package but branded like Microsoft's other online services, includes a new centralized interface for monitoring the security of all computers on a network, and running maintenance tasks without having to visit each PC manually.