Microsoft Windows Live OneCare: Help keep your PCs problem free

Help keep your PCs
problem free

All-in-one security and performance

Windows Live OneCare helps protect and maintain your computer with antivirus, firewall, antispyware, anti-phishing, PC performance tune-ups, and file backup and restore functionality. Working in the background on your computer, OneCare helps prevent unwanted interruptions such as viruses, spyware, hackers, and other intruders. In addition to security, OneCare regularly backs up all your important files as well as cleans and tunes up your computer to help it run efficiently.

Get protection and maintenance in one convenient package

Protection Plus delivers integrated antivirus and antispyware protection, a two-way firewall, automatic updates, and integrated anti-phishing to help protect you from online scams and identity theft
Performance Plus provides a monthly PC tune-up that helps defragment your hard disk, recover disk space, scan for viruses and spyware, and notify you when you should back up new or changed files
The Backup Wizard prepares, compresses, and copies your files to the location you choose, such as an external hard disk, CDs, DVDs, and more
Restore file functionality (including on another computer) automatically tries to put the restored files in the same place they were on the original computer

Provides an easy-to-use interface and support

Instant support provides online help to answer your questions about OneCare and helps you troubleshoot problems 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Simplified links to common tasks help you run a virus or spyware scan, back up or restore your files, or change your preferences and settings for automated tasks
The PC Health Meter and Actions to Take window help you check your PC's status and see whether you need to perform any maintenance, such as running a tune-up or backing up your files

Top features

Antivirus
Checks the files on your PC for malicious and unwanted programs, blocks access to infected files, and automatically updates your virus definitions when your PC is connected to the Internet.

Antispyware
Delivers automatic file scanning and cleaning, helping keep your PC safe from viruses, worms, and spyware.

Anti-phishing
Helps protect your personal information while on the Web.

Firewall
Provides protection for your PC when you send or receive data over the Internet.

Performance tune-ups
Helps defragment your hard disk, free up disk space, scan for viruses and spyware, and let you know when files need backing up.

Backup and restore
Helps copy files and settings to CD, DVD, external hard disk, and more, protecting your important data from loss or corruption as a result of accidental deletion, malicious attacks, or hard-disk failure.

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