Windows Vista Forums

Antivirus
  1. #1


    Gil Guest

    Antivirus

    I have just recently Upgrade my Windows XP home Edition to Windows Vista
    Premium. Installation everything is fine. But my problem is my AT&T Yahoo
    Antivirus is turn off automatically. Is Windows Vista have Anitvirus on it? Is
    it okay to leave it off my AT&T Yahoo antivirus off?



      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  2. #2


    Jesper Guest

    RE: Antivirus

    No. Windows Vista does not have AV built in. You need to get a package that
    works with Vista. Most of the vendors, such as McAfee, Symantec, Trend, CA,
    Sophos, F-Secure, and so on all have AV that works with Vista now.

    "Gil" wrote:

    > I have just recently Upgrade my Windows XP home Edition to Windows Vista
    > Premium. Installation everything is fine. But my problem is my AT&T Yahoo
    > Antivirus is turn off automatically. Is Windows Vista have Anitvirus on it? Is
    > it okay to leave it off my AT&T Yahoo antivirus off?


      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  3. #3


    Rock Guest

    Re: Antivirus

    "Gil" <Gil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote

    >I have just recently Upgrade my Windows XP home Edition to Windows Vista
    > Premium. Installation everything is fine. But my problem is my AT&T Yahoo
    > Antivirus is turn off automatically. Is Windows Vista have Anitvirus on
    > it? Is
    > it okay to leave it off my AT&T Yahoo antivirus off?


    You should have removed the AV program before doing the update. You need to
    uninstall it, and hopefully it will uninstall. Vista does not come with an
    AV program, it comes with Defender which is for non viral malware. You do
    need to run an AV program that is compatible with Vista. There are several
    available among which are Avast and AVG (both free), and NOD32.

    --
    Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]


      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  4. #4


    Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] Guest

    Re: Antivirus

    Best one based on feedback...... Nod32 right now .... Trend's PcCillian
    is a bit hoggy honestly and their CSM suite doesn't support Vista yet.



    Jesper wrote:
    > No. Windows Vista does not have AV built in. You need to get a package that
    > works with Vista. Most of the vendors, such as McAfee, Symantec, Trend, CA,
    > Sophos, F-Secure, and so on all have AV that works with Vista now.
    >
    > "Gil" wrote:
    >
    >
    >> I have just recently Upgrade my Windows XP home Edition to Windows Vista
    >> Premium. Installation everything is fine. But my problem is my AT&T Yahoo
    >> Antivirus is turn off automatically. Is Windows Vista have Anitvirus on it? Is
    >> it okay to leave it off my AT&T Yahoo antivirus off?
    >>


      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  5. #5


    Millers Guest

    Re: Antivirus

    Dude

    The At&T software that you have is incompatible with Vista, per AT&T. New
    update will be available sometime in March or early April. They didn't seem
    to think anyone was going to use Vista and are way behind.

    The only choice you have to you something free for the time being and notify
    AT&T that you want an upgrade disk sent to you when it is available.

    Good luck.

    "Gil" <Gil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    news:C0BACD69-BD09-4219-A37E-A92E4BAA9FCF@microsoft.com...
    >I have just recently Upgrade my Windows XP home Edition to Windows Vista
    > Premium. Installation everything is fine. But my problem is my AT&T Yahoo
    > Antivirus is turn off automatically. Is Windows Vista have Anitvirus on
    > it? Is
    > it okay to leave it off my AT&T Yahoo antivirus off?




      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  6. #6


    Gil Guest

    Re: Antivirus

    Thak u very much.

    "Millers" wrote:

    > Dude
    >
    > The At&T software that you have is incompatible with Vista, per AT&T. New
    > update will be available sometime in March or early April. They didn't seem
    > to think anyone was going to use Vista and are way behind.
    >
    > The only choice you have to you something free for the time being and notify
    > AT&T that you want an upgrade disk sent to you when it is available.
    >
    > Good luck.
    >
    > "Gil" <Gil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    > news:C0BACD69-BD09-4219-A37E-A92E4BAA9FCF@microsoft.com...
    > >I have just recently Upgrade my Windows XP home Edition to Windows Vista
    > > Premium. Installation everything is fine. But my problem is my AT&T Yahoo
    > > Antivirus is turn off automatically. Is Windows Vista have Anitvirus on
    > > it? Is
    > > it okay to leave it off my AT&T Yahoo antivirus off?

    >
    >
    >


      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  7. #7


    Gil Guest

    RE: Antivirus

    Thank you so much. jesper.

    "Jesper" wrote:

    > No. Windows Vista does not have AV built in. You need to get a package that
    > works with Vista. Most of the vendors, such as McAfee, Symantec, Trend, CA,
    > Sophos, F-Secure, and so on all have AV that works with Vista now.
    >
    > "Gil" wrote:
    >
    > > I have just recently Upgrade my Windows XP home Edition to Windows Vista
    > > Premium. Installation everything is fine. But my problem is my AT&T Yahoo
    > > Antivirus is turn off automatically. Is Windows Vista have Anitvirus on it? Is
    > > it okay to leave it off my AT&T Yahoo antivirus off?


      My System SpecsSystem Spec

Antivirus problems?

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Free Antivirus vs Paid Antivirus Wandering Flame System Security 17 05 Feb 2011
Antivirus Cynthia Baumann-Retalic Vista mail 3 25 Apr 2007
RC1 Antivirus con. Billy Hoover Vista security 1 07 Oct 2006
EZ Antivirus =?Utf-8?B?Smlt?= Vista security 0 07 Jul 2006
EZ Antivirus =?Utf-8?B?Smlt?= Vista security 0 07 Jul 2006