Vista - what does Windows Defender really protects and scans for?

On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:30:19 -0500, "MICHAEL" <u158627_emr2@xxxxxx>
wrote:


I completely agree. In my view, it makes *no* sense for one
organization to use different anti-virus products on its computers.
What's pre-installed doesn't matter. The pre-installed stuff should be
removed, and the anti-virus product of that organization's choice
should be installed on all the machines.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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Bomb#20: Why do your ask? If you have a really good antivirus program working, you would never see
a virus without purposely looking in the history file. AVG kills incoming viruses and I have it
set not to ask me what to do.

"bomb#20" <darkstar@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:3sGdnXydH-BQ9fzanZ2dnUVZ8rednZ2d@xxxxxx

Richard in AZ wrote:I don't have any antivirus software. I haven't had a virus since XP pre sp1.
I am trying to find antivirus software to install that actually catches something.
So far nobody can give me any evidence that their preferred antivirus program
catches any viruses.
Would you care to post your AVG history file?
Thanks.
..

"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:3v03m3tp484qi6p0rmvupgvvpcdmktnn03@xxxxxxAbsolutely, Ken.


-Michael

"bomb#20" <darkstar@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:sM6dnasn9O8MF_zanZ2dnUVZ8qClnZ2d@xxxxxxHow do you know you for sure you don't have a critter or two?
With an AV, I don't trust it absolutely but it is another layer
of defense... so long as a user doesn't go overboard.

Some of the more clever critters will actually delete other
viruses/trojans/spyware.... their goal not destruction but
deception and stealth. Two of the biggest weaknesses of
different malware is their presence can be immediately
felt, either by their destructive payload or they open the
door for other infections... the computer eventually comes
to a crawl and even the most ignorant of users finally figures
out something is wrong. The more evil ones let your computer
operate normally and even "protecting" you from other infections.


-Michael

"MICHAEL" <u158627_emr2@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:O5bfqFcPIHA.5208@xxxxxxNo, use the pre-installed free anti-virus programs that came with all these
systems make much more sense.

If basic on what you said, we will have to pay a lots of money on license
fee and updates for each machine?

"MICHAEL" <u158627_emr2@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eyFBlLcPIHA.6036@xxxxxxThere are quite a few FREE online anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-adware,
scanners.

They are from Micro Trend and Comupter Assocates, ... and many more others.
Its updated every time you run online.

"ARH" <nospam@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23dF1dsmPIHA.1204@xxxxxxWe have a site license for Norman (not Norton!) AV and it's much easier to
manage
just one program than to deal with the different updating procedures than if
we used
a hodge-podge of different AV programs. We only order Dells and delete any
AV
programs that come on them. We specify no AV program on configurations
where
that's possible.

Tom Lake
Information Systems Administrator
St. Regis Mohawk Tribe
Environment Division

On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:22:19 -0800, "ARH" <nospam@xxxxxx> wrote:

No you don't. Some of the best antivirus software (Avast and AVG, for
example) is freeware.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:15:33 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
<kblake@xxxxxx> wrote:
Agreed. Why pay for a security measure that by design cannot be
reliable anyway.