Microsoft is to launch a free anti-virus product to replace its OneCare software. Morro is a new consumer security offering focused on core anti-malware protection that will secure against malware including viruses, spyware, rootkits and Trojans. The company claimed that it needed to ‘address the growing need for a PC security solution tailored to the demands of emerging markets, smaller PC form factors and rapid increases in the incidence of malware’.  The company will discontinue retail sales of its Windows Live OneCare subscription service effective June 30, 2009.

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