Microsoft Makes First Move into Consumer Security

In what is likely to be a pre-cursor to its entrance into enterprise security, the software giant plans to roll out an internal beta of its new security service—dubbed Windows OneCare—to employees next week, the first official step in an ambitious plan to bundle anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall protection and PC cleanup tools to Windows users.In the summer, Microsoft will expand the test to consumers in a "private, invite-only manner," and a full-scale rollout won't be ready until the end of the year.