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12-07-2006
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| Guest | Re: Windows Defender is turned off Crossposted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.security Microsoft has established separate newsgroups for Windows Defender support and comments. This is not one of them. See http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...s/default.mspx -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User) jbrinkman wrote: > I am running Vista RTM (build 6000) and the Windows Security Center keeps > giving me a warning that "Windows Defender is turned off". I have the > Windows Defender Icon in my taskbar, and it appears to be running, however > I > cannot get the warning to go away in the Security Center. There is a > button > to "Turn on now", however this only searches for a new definition file, > and > when it doesn't find one, it just returns with a message telling me no new > definitions exist. > > I don't know if it is relevant but I removed Norton Internet Security from > the machine, since I am careful and only run in a restricted account, and > I > am tired of anti-virus programs sapping limited CPU resources for > essentially little gain (my AV has not detected a single virus in the last > year). So i currently do not have an anti-virus program and rely > completely on the firewall, LUA and Windows defender to keep me safe. |
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