Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Microsoft OneCare Live Security Disables Laptop LoJack

Joris Evers writes in C|Net News:

As Microsoft takes its first steps into the consumer PC security space, it is discovering that security software can do more than protect systems; it can also cause trouble.

Windows OneCare Live, freely available as a test version since Nov. 29, has been found to disable Absolute Software's Computrace LoJack, an application that functions like a homing device to help recover a laptop after theft.

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