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You know that your home PC needs ongoing antivirus and spyware protection. And you want your PC to work at its best so you can go online safely and get things done. That doesn’t mean you have the time or desire to figure out how to manage your PC. You just want it to work.
Fortunately, Windows Live OneCare, which is included in your Microsoft Equipt subscription, takes the hassle out of monitoring and caring for your home PCs. With automatic virus definition updates and scans, OneCare offers advanced protection that handles your security needs in a non-intrusive way so you don’t have to worry. It also tunes up your PCs to help them stay speedy and reliable.
And OneCare helps make your home network easier to manage and more secure, so you can do things like print to the same printer from different PCs in your house and automatically preserve digital memories and music that are on multiple PCs.
Help simplify your life. As a Microsoft Equipt subscriber, you can count on OneCare to constantly monitor and care for your household PCs and home network. Your subscription includes:
Antivirus and antispyware
Help keep your PC safe from viruses, spyware, worms, Trojans, hackers, and other malware with the award-winning protection technologies in OneCare.
Two-way firewall
Let in connections you trust and keep out ones you don't. The managed firewall in OneCare acts as a gatekeeper that helps protect your PC from hackers when you send and receive data.
Online identity theft protection
Browse more safely. Working with the Microsoft Phishing Filter in Windows Internet Explorer 7, OneCare helps detect and block sites known for online ID scams.
Performance tune-ups
Help keep your system running at its peak. Proactive fixes and automated maintenance tasks such as disk defragmentation and file cleanup help ensure a trouble-free computing experience.
File and photo backup
Help safeguard digital memories and important files with easy backup to CDs, DVDs, external hard drives, and other storage devices. Or centralize backup across multiple PCs to a single location.
Multi-PC and home network management
Manage your home network more easily. With OneCare, you can monitor and help secure up to three PCs and enable printer sharing—all from one central PC.