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Re: Windows Security Center - Is it trying to sell me something?
On Sun, 05 Aug 2007 13:02:35 GMT, Dave Turner <dlturner@MyPlace.net>
wrote:
> Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
> > On Sat, 04 Aug 2007 18:02:18 GMT, JethroUK© <reply@the.board> wrote:
> >
> >> Windows Security Center is flagging that i have no virus protection and
> >> shows me where to buy some - Presumably if i buy some of the 'nominated
> >> software' it will satify it - I can of course buy a million more and get a
> >> trillion for free
> >>
> >> What qualifies as 'Virus Protection'?
> >
> >
> > An anti-virus program.
> >
> >
> >> - What is it looking for?
> >
> >
> > An anti-virus program.
> >
> >
> > - Apart from
> >> disabling it, What do I have to do to shut it up?
> >>
> >> Is it trying to sell me something?
> >
> >
> >
> > Running without an anti-virus program is foolhardy. You are at severe
> > risk. You can buy one, or use one of the excellent free choices, such
> > as Avast! or AVG. I use Avast! myself.
> >
> I think what the OP is talking about is the same problem I have. I
> dumped Norton and installed Avast, but the system gets heartburn about
> it. The protection center claims that there is no AV running, when what
> it actually means is that Norton is not running.
Maybe, but he didn't say anything that suggests that he has an
anti-virus running.
> I wonder if there is a
> way to educate the system to the fact that a compatible AV is indeed
> running.
Like you, I have Avast! running here. But Vista does not tell me no
anti-virus is running.
--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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