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From: Rob on 1 Apr 2010 08:49
On 1/04/2010 7:44 PM, SolomonW wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:04:20 +0800, Dyna Soar wrote:
>
>> atec7 7"<""atec77 \"@ hotmail.com wrote:
>>
>>>>> Thought ZA had a built in AV.
>>
>>>> I'm talking about the basic, free versions of both AVG and ZA.
>>
>>> remove it and install http://www.avira.com a better product in it's
>>> free form
>>
>> ZA has problems, but Avira is far from perfect...
>>
>> http://www.pcauthority.com.au/Review/169340,avira-antivir-personal.aspx
>
> None are perfect, I had a machine running AVAST! suddenly it wiped our
> accounting system and Microsoft excel when it falsely identified them as
> virus infected.
>
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anyone running windows defender?
From: Frank Slootweg on 1 Apr 2010 14:14
Rob <mesamine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
[...]
> anyone running windows defender?

Yes, but it's anti-spyware/anti-adware software, i.e. not a firewall
and not anti-virus software. I.e Windows Defender is like
SpywareBlaster, Spybot - Search & Destroy, Ad-aware, etc..

I run it without problems on several machines, but since it never
found anything, I can't say whether or not it works (well).
From: Rob on 1 Apr 2010 20:48
On 2/04/2010 5:14 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> Rob<mesamine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> [...]
>> anyone running windows defender?
>
> Yes, but it's anti-spyware/anti-adware software, i.e. not a firewall
> and not anti-virus software. I.e Windows Defender is like
> SpywareBlaster, Spybot - Search& Destroy, Ad-aware, etc..
>
> I run it without problems on several machines, but since it never
> found anything, I can't say whether or not it works (well).

Realised it wasn't a firewall. Its sort of build in with W7 - I turned
it off because when I had it up on an XP machine seemed to slow down
file transfers and conflict with my other Virus checkers. Is wanted a
stand alone position.

I wonder if MS intended it that way?
From: Frank Slootweg on 3 Apr 2010 11:27
Rob <mesamine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2/04/2010 5:14 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> > Rob<mesamine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > [...]
> >> anyone running windows defender?
> >
> > Yes, but it's anti-spyware/anti-adware software, i.e. not a firewall
> > and not anti-virus software. I.e Windows Defender is like
> > SpywareBlaster, Spybot - Search& Destroy, Ad-aware, etc..
> >
> > I run it without problems on several machines, but since it never
> > found anything, I can't say whether or not it works (well).
>
> Realised it wasn't a firewall. Its sort of build in with W7 - I turned
> it off because when I had it up on an XP machine seemed to slow down
> file transfers and conflict with my other Virus checkers. Is wanted a
> stand alone position.
>
> I wonder if MS intended it that way?

I use it (Windows Defender) with the avast! anti-virus software on XP
and Vista and that combination gives no conflicts.
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