The Tech Daily

The software codenamed "Morro" after a beach in Sao Paulo, Brazil, is already being tested by Microsoft employees and a trial version will be made available "soon". Microsoft has stated that Morro would be available by the end of 2009 at the latest.

"Morro" is likely to be targeted to compete with the low end of anti-virus products from other providers, and it will not have much of an impact on sales of full-blown security suites. According to Janice Chaffin, president of Symantec's Consumer Division, "Microsoft's free product is basically a stripped down version of the OneCare product Microsoft pulled from the shelves. A full Internet security suite is what consumers require today to stay fully protected."
Microsoft announced last year that they have a plan for providing free anti virus which is named as “Morro” and will be available for users in the mid of 2009. More over Mircrosoft said that they will discontinue sale of Windows Live OneCare product subscription by this end of the month (June 30, 2009).

Morro will be providing comprehensive protection from malware including viruses, spyware, rootkits and trojans.




P.S: This is not an officially released screenshot, so there may be a change in the interface

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