CWmike writes "Microsoft is preparing to launch a public beta of Morro, the free anti-malware it announced last November, gospel to reports. Morro will use the same computer-assisted tomography engine as Windows Live OneCare, the systems program that the free windows will replace and Microsoft's first consumer-grade antivirus package. OneCare is to get the boot as of June 30 (along with finance app Microsoft Money). John Pescatore, an analyst at Gartner, has questioned whether users would step up to Morro even if it was free. 'Consumers are hesitant to pay for a Microsoft access systems & monitoring. call today.www.tutela.us
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guard product that will remove problems in other Microsoft products,' he said. 'Think of it this way. What if you smelled a rotten egg odor in your water and the water company said, "Sure, we can remove that, but it will cost you $50." Would you buy it?' Not surprisingly, competitors have dismissed Morro's threat to their business. 'We like our chances,' Todd Gebhart, vice powers in charge of McAfee's purchaser line, said when it was announced OneCare was a goner. 'Consumers have already rejected OneCare,' added Rowan Trollope, senior vice manager of user systems program at Symantec. 'Making that same unacceptable fix hi tech* free won't change that equation.'"

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