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From: Cal Who on 30 Jun 2010 22:36 I don't have any evidence of Window Defender on my machine. My Start/All Programs does not contain it. I opened Control panelAdd Remove Programs to see if it is mentioned there - it isn't. Shouldn't it appear some place - I like to check if it is really installed. Thank
From: Bruce Hagen on 30 Jun 2010 22:42 " Cal Who" <CalWhoNOSPAM(a)roadrunner.com> wrote in message news:i0gv03$avf$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >I don't have any evidence of Window Defender on my machine. > My Start/All Programs does not contain it. > I opened Control panelAdd Remove Programs to see if it is mentioned > there - it isn't. > > Shouldn't it appear some place - I like to check if it is really > installed. > > Thank Did you ever download it? If you did, have you installed Microsoft Security Essentials? If not MSE, what AV program are you using and when did you start it or upgrade it last? -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 1 Jul 2010 00:36 What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)? Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on the computer (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought it)? Cal Who wrote: > I don't have any evidence of Window Defender on my machine. > My Start/All Programs does not contain it. > I opened Control panelAdd Remove Programs to see if it is mentioned > there - > it isn't. > > Shouldn't it appear some place - I like to check if it is really > installed. > > Thank
From: VanguardLH on 1 Jul 2010 00:54 Cal Who wrote: > I don't have any evidence of Window Defender on my machine. > My Start/All Programs does not contain it. > I opened Control panelAdd Remove Programs to see if it is mentioned there - > it isn't. > > Shouldn't it appear some place - I like to check if it is really installed. Well, did YOU ever bother to actually *install* it? If you want it on your computer than YOU will have to install it. Also, Windows Defender is dead. It was replaced with Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE). http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/
From: Bruce Hagen on 1 Jul 2010 01:00
"VanguardLH" <V(a)nguard.LH> wrote in message news:i0h70g$ehu$1(a)news.albasani.net... > Cal Who wrote: > Also, Windows Defender is dead. It was replaced with Microsoft Security > Essentials (MSE). MSE includes the properties of Windows Defender, but MSE is not a replacement unless you are running MSE. When using an AV other than MSE like Avast, AVG, etc, Windows Defender is still alive and well with continuous updating. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA |