OneCare Beta Is Ending

I received an e-mail yesterday from the Microsot OneCare Beta team letting me know the beta program would be ending at the end of February and I would need to uninstall and purchase a full version of the software.

We wanted to give you advance notice that the (v1.5) beta will be coming to a close at the end of February, and that your OneCare beta service will expire by March 2007 (or sooner, depending when you installed the beta). After your service expires, you won’t receive new Virus and spyware definitions or other OneCare updates. To continue your OneCare protection, you will have to uninstall OneCare and then reinstall the released version of the product. We strongly urge you to do so.

They don’t need to twist my arm at all to purchase this software. I’ve been very happy with it and will continue to use it. If you need a great security application and have more than one computer at home this is a great program for you. A single license provides the rights to install the Windows Live OneCare software on up to three machines. Interestingly enough, that’s how many machines I’ve got at home right now. Perfect!