Any anti-virus program is effective if you avoid malicious websites and don’t authorize the installation of malicious programs. In actual side by side tests, however, One-Care detects fewer threats than some other programs.
Unless you’ve seen a computer taken over by spyware or Trojans, and unless you know what the user was doing at the time, you really don’t have a feel for what kind of protection is needed.
The current crop of malware masquerades as anti-virus software. The virus installation program pops up looking like a message from your virus scanner. The instinctive reaction is to authorize it to clean your machine.
I’ve read all the data supplied by the so-called, impartial third party test organs. While its true OneCare isn’t given a good rating, its worked for me, several business associates and its worked for several friends that have hooked it up to their home systems. Btw, my internet surfing is pretty extensive from time to time. Been working with computer operations for 35 years, at IBM/ROLM, Kaman Sciences, Litton Data Systems, Aircraft Mechanics and have had a home PC and internet access since the mid-1990`s. No expert, for sure. But I’ve found MS products to be highly functional and OneCare is a solid choice.