This can only end badly. Since I no longer live in the US I thankfully don’t get those annoying CDs in the mail anymore. Now, AOL is wading into the pool with OneCare and Falcon. Their offering to be called Total Care.
AOL is not building Total Care by itself. The company has partnered with unnamed third-party security providers for the bundle, the source said. Currently, AOL has deals with McAfee and CA for the AOL Safety and Security Center, which offers a firewall, antivirus, anti-spyware and phishing protection to AOL subscribers at no cost.McAfee will provide technology for at least part of AOL’s Total Care, a person familiar with the product plans said. AOL is a significant sales channel for McAfee. The Santa Clara, Calif., security software specialist on Tuesday announced packaging for its newly integrated consumer products, which are due out in beta this month and in final form this summer.
Now the funny thing with all of these offerings will to watch how they handle support calls. Which, I firmly believe will ultimately kill these services off in the long run.
[tags]AOL, Total Care, OneCare, Falcon, Virus, Malware, Trojan, Antivirus, Spyware[/tags]