Microsoft has just announced that the company will provide a free anti-virus and security solution in the second half of the next year.

The software maker says that it will no more sell its all-in-one security and PC management service from the end of June 2009.

The new software has been code-named as Morro and this no-frills program is being considered quite suitable for smaller and less powerful computers.

The new software will support Windows 7, Vista and Windows XP and it will be free to download.

The anti-virus marketplace is replete with big-name players’ likes of McAfee and Symantec and this step is being taken as sales of the OneCare subscription service are weakening. Read the rest of this entry