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| 607223 | 2007-11-01 05:18:00 | Hi ~ and to all the old-timers here "Hi Again" Been reading all the hooplah on the Microsoft website about Windows Defender. MS tout it as a "must have" Did a search on here for the pro's and cons and couldn't find any comments! So is it worth installing or is it going to give me grief? Have just done a reformat of XP due to grief :badpc: so not sure if I want another dose of it Your comments would be very muchly appreciated Baldy:confused: |
Baldy (26) | ||
| 607224 | 2007-11-01 05:46:00 | No, get Avast AV and Comodo Firewall, both free and for XP. Forget Windows Defender for XP. | beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 607225 | 2007-11-01 05:50:00 | Windows Defender got a pretty crappy rating in the PC World Mag November Issue.. as I recall. But than again PC World Mag rated Norton AV as the best in one of the monthly mags a while back... :yuck: | ronyville (10611) | ||
| 607226 | 2007-11-01 06:19:00 | Windows Defender got a pretty crappy rating in the PC World Mag November Issue.. as I recall. But than again PC World Mag rated Norton AV as the best in one of the monthly mags a while back... :yuck: I'll second all that - Windows Defender errrrrrrrr what does it defend - oh yeah thats right it doesn't:groan: |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 607227 | 2007-11-01 07:30:00 | OK cool, well just might give it a miss as thjere seems to be a bit of negativity to it | Baldy (26) | ||
| 607228 | 2007-11-01 07:38:00 | I'll second all that - Windows Defender errrrrrrrr what does it defend - oh yeah thats right it doesn't:groan: If it defended itself, that itself would surprise me. |
beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 607229 | 2007-11-01 18:12:00 | I downloaded Microsoft's malicious software removal tool and used it to remove a win32 Trojan for a work colleague | gary67 (56) | ||
| 607230 | 2007-11-01 19:29:00 | I had a Vista PC in here the other day, I removed quite a bit of spyware with some other apps - so much for Defender. | pctek (84) | ||
| 607231 | 2007-11-05 19:02:00 | I was not talkng about defender re read my post I mentioned malicious software removal tool, I don't think it's the same | gary67 (56) | ||
| 607232 | 2007-11-05 23:22:00 | Well the start of this thread is about Defender, I think the malicious software removal tool comes with it. I find Defender good as far as managing the start up programs and on one occasion it did actually prevent something nasty loading onto my computer. | lakewoodlady (103) | ||
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