PC care packages
side by side
A comparison of the features in Microsoft's
Windows Live OneCare and in upcoming products from Symantec and McAfee.
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|
Windows Live OneCare |
Norton 360 |
McAfee PC Protection Plus* |
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Antivirus |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Anti-spyware |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Firewall |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Backup |
Yes, to CDs, DVDs and external hard drives |
Yes, to CDs, DVDs, external hard drives and an online backup service.
Has not provided details on networked drive support |
Yes, to CDs, DVDs, external hard drives, and networked hard drives.
McAfee plans to test an online backup service this summer |
|
PC health and tune up |
Yes, hard-drive defrag. Deletes unnecessary
files and checks on security updates |
Yes, but no feature details available yet |
Yes, hard-drive defrag. Deletes unnecessary
files |
|
Antiphishing |
No |
Yes |
No |
|
Spam filtering |
No |
No |
No |
|
ID theft protection |
No |
Yes |
No |
|
Safe Web searching |
No |
No |
Yes, McAfee has integrated SiteAdvisor |
|
Automatic updates |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Support |
Offers e-mail, chat and phone support at no extra cost |
Offers at least e-mail and online chat support |
Not known |
|
Availability |
Now in the |
Worldwide by end of March 2007 |
Worldwide, sometime this summer |
|
Pricing |
$49.95 for up to three PCs per year |
Not yet announced |
Not yet announced |
* McAfee PC Protection Plus is the
version of McAfee's "Falcon"-based products that it says competes with
OneCare. Two more comprehensive versions will be available, as well as one more
basic version.
Source: CNET News.com research