It pays to stay up to date when you're in my business. You simply can't survive in this world without knowing just what your competition is up to. And I don't mean you just watch the news or read the occasional story in the newspaper. You're constantly briefing, testing, and anticipating the next moves of everyone who is in your way.

Take for instance Microsoft OneCare. This was something that we had to be concerned about here in my department because it meant one more type of system we had to defeat. Don't get me wrong, we weren't that worried. After all, MS has been making systems that we viruses have been studying for decades now. But any barrier or resistance to our goals is worth looking at.

Well, not anymore. Hahah! According to PC World, Microsoft is going to throw in the towel while offering some cheap alternative. So what does this mean for me? Well, a couple of things really.

1. I have to study up on yet another anti-virus platform. DULL! If there's one thing I hate doing, it's sitting down and studying. I left that crap in high school.

2. It's gonna be easier to break into your system. Of course, it all depends on just how much MS is gonna push their new alternative. I can't wait to see how easy it will be to break through and start my daily routine of discovery and destruction.

Of course, the easiest and best systems are those without protection in the first place. And Good ol' MS hasn't let me down yet by providing any sort of protection beyond their firewall.

So get worried and get INFECTED! Because it won't be long until you see me EVERYWHERE on the net.