Vista - What is Defender blocking

01-28-2008

Defender alerts me that it is blocking some start-up programs (little yellow
speech-bubble in sys-tray says "Click here to see which programs are being
blocked").

When I click the alert it opens Defender, but there is no indication of
which program has been blocked. How can I find out?

thanks

M

01-28-2008

Hi Michelle,

In Windows Defender, click on Tools/Quarantined Items.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Michelle" <mh_londonSPAMSTOP@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> Defender alerts me that it is blocking some start-up programs (little
> yellow speech-bubble in sys-tray says "Click here to see which programs
> are being blocked").
>
> When I click the alert it opens Defender, but there is no indication of
> which program has been blocked. How can I find out?
>
> thanks
>
> M

01-28-2008

"Michelle" <mh_londonSPAMSTOP@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> Defender alerts me that it is blocking some start-up programs (little
> yellow speech-bubble in sys-tray says "Click here to see which programs
> are being blocked").
>
> When I click the alert it opens Defender, but there is no indication of
> which program has been blocked. How can I find out?

Right-click on the icon in the System Tray and one of the options is
something like see blocked programs, that'll open a new menu showing what
program has been blocked. If it looks safe you can run it.

Typically in 90% of cases its msconfig being blocked after making a change,
in which case its best to run it.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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01-28-2008	#1 (permalink)
Michelle n/a posts	What is Defender blocking Defender alerts me that it is blocking some start-up programs (little yellow speech-bubble in sys-tray says "Click here to see which programs are being blocked"). When I click the alert it opens Defender, but there is no indication of which program has been blocked. How can I find out? thanks M
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01-28-2008	#2 (permalink)
Rick Rogers n/a posts	Re: What is Defender blocking Hi Michelle, In Windows Defender, click on Tools/Quarantined Items. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - www.rickrogers.org My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com "Michelle" <mh_londonSPAMSTOP@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:u3QrH0XYIHA.3652@xxxxxx Quote: > Defender alerts me that it is blocking some start-up programs (little > yellow speech-bubble in sys-tray says "Click here to see which programs > are being blocked"). > > When I click the alert it opens Defender, but there is no indication of > which program has been blocked. How can I find out? > > thanks > > M
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01-28-2008	#3 (permalink)
Paul Smith n/a posts	Re: What is Defender blocking "Michelle" <mh_londonSPAMSTOP@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:u3QrH0XYIHA.3652@xxxxxx Quote: > Defender alerts me that it is blocking some start-up programs (little > yellow speech-bubble in sys-tray says "Click here to see which programs > are being blocked"). > > When I click the alert it opens Defender, but there is no indication of > which program has been blocked. How can I find out? Right-click on the icon in the System Tray and one of the options is something like see blocked programs, that'll open a new menu showing what program has been blocked. If it looks safe you can run it. Typically in 90% of cases its msconfig being blocked after making a change, in which case its best to run it. -- Paul Smith, Yeovil, UK. Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User. http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/ http://www.windowsresource.net/ Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail
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