What is Windows Live OneCare?

Windows Live OneCare is software application developed by Microsoft Corporation. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows Vista with nearly 90.24% of installations running this operating system. Windows Live OneCare's installer is typically 370.00 MB in size and installs around 52 files. The most common release is 2.5.2795.6 with 58.54% of all installations currently using this version.

Windows Live OneCare is most popular in the United States with 59.41% of installations residing in this country.

About Windows Live OneCare?

Microsoft developed Windows Live OneCare as a comprehensive computer security and performance enhancement service for Windows users. Part of the Windows Live cloud-based computing service, OneCare provided users with advanced security features and tools to optimize their system's performance.

Software Behaviors

Services:

winss.exe runs as a service named 'Windows Live OneCare' (winss) "Helps manage PC security and overall health by providing virus and spyware monitoring, firewall, backup, and other services. If this service is stopped, this computer might be at risk from viruses and other threats.".
OcHealthMon.exe runs as a service named 'Windows Live OneCare Health Monitor' (OcHealthMon) "Helps recover the Windows Live OneCare service and improve service health. This services provides a backup mechanism to the Windows Live OneCare service and will attempt to recover it, if it is detected to be stopped.".

Software Details

URL:

https://www.microsoft.com

Support:

https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=40226

Installation path:

C:\Program Files\microsoft windows onecare live

Uninstaller:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Windows OneCare Live\OCSetup.exe" /u

Size:

370.00 MB

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