Review by John W. Graham

I got Live OneCare after years of being a loyal Norton Systemworks follower. But…Symantec let me down by continuing to get more bloated and less stable with lower performance. Also, with the price of the Symantec subscriptions increasing, I decided to jump ship. I’m glad I did. Live OneCare, despite its odd name, is an unobstrusive addition to the Windows shell - it sort of hangs out on the system tray. After using OneCare for about 6 months, I can say that it does offer great protection, never gets in the way and has successfully caught several inbound viruses. My only complaint, which does not affect me that much, is the speed at which it performs a full system scan. Coupled with Prevx for anti-malware, you can protect your PC for under $50 a year.