Microsoft Corp is getting ready to unveil a long-anticipated free anti-virus service for personal computers that will compete with other antivirus products.
A Microsoft spokesman said on Wednesday that the world’s biggest software maker is testing an early version of the product with its own employees. Microsoft would “soon” make a trial version, or product beta, available via its website, says Reuters.
Microsoft has said it will provide protection from several types of malicious software including viruses, spyware, rootkits and trojans.
Morro is being marketed by the Windows Client team, but is being developed by Microsoft’s Forefront security team and is based on the Forefront antivirus/anti-malware engine.
Microsoft isn’t bundling Morro with Windows, but will be available as a free seperate download.
Morro is free. If it turns out to be good enough to protect common folks against common malware, very few might want to consider shelling out hard cash for a full-fledged security suite.
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