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01-11-2007

Thanks, the link was very helpful!

"Jesper" wrote:

> I'm not sure there is a sure-fire way to make that happen. Defender uses
> community input to decide what is safe and what is not. I suppose if you run
> your software often enough, click "yes" every time, and are a member of the
> spynet community they would eventually get the picture. You can learn more
> about how it all works at
> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...v/default.mspx.
>
> "Uncle Ko" wrote:
>
> > Ok, what actions should I do in order Microsoft considered my software as
> > classified?
> >
> > "Jesper" wrote:
> >
> > > Defender considers your software unclassified. That is not the same as
> > > considering it malware. It will only consider it as such if it is reported to
> > > be, and Microsoft takes positive action to make it so.
> > >
> > > "Uncle Ko" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > After installation of my product Vista creates a Warning in the Event Viewer
> > > > saying that I should check the software and decide if I trust it or not.
> > > > Looked through the article "Keep Windows Vista Secure with Windows Defender"
> > > > at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvist...sdefender.mspx, and
> > > > it seems my software is just not in the Defender's "base", so it considers my
> > > > product as some kind of MALware, SPYware, but not as SOFTware

Of course, I
> > > > trust my product, but it is not good if such Warnings will appear on the
> > > > user's side. So, could you help me with such question: how to appear in the
> > > > Defender's "base" in order it considered my product as non-danderous?
> > > >
> > > > TIA.

01-11-2007	#5 (permalink)
Uncle Ko n/a posts	RE: "Unclassified software" warning in event viewer Thanks, the link was very helpful! "Jesper" wrote: > I'm not sure there is a sure-fire way to make that happen. Defender uses > community input to decide what is safe and what is not. I suppose if you run > your software often enough, click "yes" every time, and are a member of the > spynet community they would eventually get the picture. You can learn more > about how it all works at > http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...v/default.mspx. > > "Uncle Ko" wrote: > > > Ok, what actions should I do in order Microsoft considered my software as > > classified? > > > > "Jesper" wrote: > > > > > Defender considers your software unclassified. That is not the same as > > > considering it malware. It will only consider it as such if it is reported to > > > be, and Microsoft takes positive action to make it so. > > > > > > "Uncle Ko" wrote: > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > After installation of my product Vista creates a Warning in the Event Viewer > > > > saying that I should check the software and decide if I trust it or not. > > > > Looked through the article "Keep Windows Vista Secure with Windows Defender" > > > > at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvist...sdefender.mspx, and > > > > it seems my software is just not in the Defender's "base", so it considers my > > > > product as some kind of MALware, SPYware, but not as SOFTware Of course, I > > > > trust my product, but it is not good if such Warnings will appear on the > > > > user's side. So, could you help me with such question: how to appear in the > > > > Defender's "base" in order it considered my product as non-danderous? > > > > > > > > TIA.
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