what does Windows Defender really protects and scans for?

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 >> Stay informed about: what does Windows Defender really protects and scans for? 

Em Sexta, 14 de Dezembro de 2007 21:15, Straight Talk escreveu:

> On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:13:29 -0000, "bomb#20" wrote:
>
>>Straight Talk wrote:
>>> On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:15:33 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Some of the best antivirus software (Avast and AVG, for
>>>> example) is freeware.
>>>
>>> Agreed. Why pay for a security measure that by design cannot be
>>> reliable anyway.
>>
>>Have you tried many of these sort of programs ?
>
> Yes.
>
>>I 've not been impressed with those that I've tried.
>
> Me neither.

That makes 3 of us...

i have a little virus collection (less than 50 infected files), and it's
enought to see that AVG and Kaspersky catches only 60% of them, letting 40%
of them pass away.
another thing i've found is AVG and Kaspersky do FUD on the users:
AVG and Kaspersy (specialy AVG) triger a lot of false alarms with cracks and
key generators... it's just FUD, i've seen AVG go "on" many times when
handling files there're game cracks or key generators.
 >> Stay informed about: what does Windows Defender really protects and scans for? 

"Tom Lake" wrote in message

>
>> We 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
>

That makes no sense at all.

That means you freeze all your computer models and OS at one time to get
your license.

What about next year, and the one after that, and so on...
We have to keep many different OS and many different computer, for different
department, etc.

For example, we have to keep XP for many CAD programs.

Some still are in Windows 2000.

We found keeping all those free anti-virus program when we bought the
systems, seems to be the optimal choice at this time.
 >> Stay informed about: what does Windows Defender really protects and scans for? 

LOL!

"Straight Talk" wrote in message

> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 07:37:57 -0800, "ARH" wrote:
>
>>I our case in this office with around over 20+ computers, no virus was
>>ever
>>found for 3 years since I am here.
>
> Really?
>
>>We have Norton, McAfee and Micro Trend.
>
> Oh, that explains why nothing was found.
 >> Stay informed about: what does Windows Defender really protects and scans for? 

> I don't have any antivirus software. I haven't had a virus since XP pre
> sp1.

Same here. Two years continuously connected to the Internet via a NAT
router - the first year running XP SP2, the second year running Vista Home
Premium.

Not a single virus. I know this because three times a year I use
Kaspersky's online scanner (which they say is as good as their "real" one),
and every time it comes up blank.

I don't know what some people do to get virus infections, but I think the
case for anti-virus software is EXTREMELY weak. Too weak for me to want to
use it.

SteveT
 >> Stay informed about: what does Windows Defender really protects and scans for? 

Hi everybody,
i am looking to buy windows 7 and i want to know if the improved
version of windows defender will be more competent than the vista
version?and what about its protection features?
Thx


--
Gwalo
 >> Stay informed about: what does Windows Defender really protects and scans for? 

What "improved version of Windows Defender" are you talking about?

Microsoft Security Essentials? If so, it does much more than WD did.

I would suggest getting MSE and using it until you decide on what you
consider "better" for whatever reason.

MSE is designed to address both viral and non-viral malware including
some spyware and adware - how good it is at any particular category
remains to be seen though. Some have reported that it is insufficient
protection as it now stands.

"Gwalo" wrote in message

>
> Hi everybody,
> i am looking to buy windows 7 and i want to know if the improved
> version of windows defender will be more competent than the vista
> version?and what about its protection features?
> Thx
>
>
> --
> Gwalo
 >> Stay informed about: what does Windows Defender really protects and scans for?