Upon installing avg free 8.5, I received a warning about possible conflicts
with other AV software.
The only AV software I could find running was Windows Defender.
Could it cause a problem

running Vista Home SP2

--
Tommy

"tommy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Upon installing avg free 8.5, I received a warning about possible
> conflicts
> with other AV software.
> The only AV software I could find running was Windows Defender.

Windows Defender is *not* an antivirus program.

> Could it cause a problem

More likely is that a previous AV was not fully removed.

> running Vista Home SP2

Did you remove (McAffee, Norton) preinstalled on (bundled with) the
computer.

"FredW" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 1 Sep 2009 18:32:04 -0400, "FromTheRafters"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>"tommy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>news:h7jfd8$nnk$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>
>>> Upon installing avg free 8.5, I received a warning about possible
>>> conflicts with other AV software.
>>> The only AV software I could find running was Windows Defender.
>>
>>Windows Defender is *not* an antivirus program.
>>
>>> Could it cause a problem
>>
>>More likely is that a previous AV was not fully removed.
>>
>>> running Vista Home SP2
>>
>>Did you remove (McAffee, Norton) preinstalled on (bundled with) the
>>computer.
>
>
> Eh, eh, the new AVG Free (8.5) is anti-virus & anti-spyware.
> http://free.avg.com/

Does it (like "Morrow" now "Windows Security Essentials") complain about
competing anti-spyware applications when you install it?

....that's just *wrong*!

D

FromTheRafters wrote:
> "tommy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:h7jfd8$nnk$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>> Upon installing avg free 8.5, I received a warning about possible
>> conflicts
>> with other AV software.
>> The only AV software I could find running was Windows Defender.
>
> Windows Defender is *not* an antivirus program.
>
>> Could it cause a problem
>
> More likely is that a previous AV was not fully removed.
>
>> running Vista Home SP2
>
> Did you remove (McAffee, Norton) preinstalled on (bundled with) the
> computer.

I removed all AV, AS that I could. Those weren't on there. An old Kaspersky
was on there, I removed it.

Windows Defender, formerly known as Microsoft AntiSpyware, is a software
product from Microsoft to prevent, remove and quarantine spyware in
Microsoft Windows. It is included and enabled by default in Windows Vista
and Windows 7, and is available as a free download for Windows XP and
Windows Server 2003.

I used Revo, and it didn't show WD, but it was a process running, I halted
it.

"tommy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I removed all AV, AS that I could. Those weren't on there. An old
> Kaspersky
> was on there, I removed it.

Maybe this will help (if you didn't already use it):
http://www.softpedia.com/progDownloa...oad-99015.html

> Windows Defender, formerly known as Microsoft AntiSpyware, is a
> software
> product from Microsoft to prevent, remove and quarantine spyware in
> Microsoft Windows.

I am aware of what it is, and also aware of what it *isn't*.

It *isn't* an AV program.

> I used Revo, and it didn't show WD, but it was a process running, I
> halted
> it.

It is common practice to disable almost all such programs when
installing new software.

FromTheRafters wrote:
> "tommy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:h7kkk7$f7t$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>> I removed all AV, AS that I could. Those weren't on there. An old
>> Kaspersky
>> was on there, I removed it.
>
> Maybe this will help (if you didn't already use it):
>
http://www.softpedia.com/progDownloa...oad-99015.html
>
>> Windows Defender, formerly known as Microsoft AntiSpyware, is a
>> software
>> product from Microsoft to prevent, remove and quarantine spyware in
>> Microsoft Windows.
>
> I am aware of what it is, and also aware of what it *isn't*.
>
> It *isn't* an AV program.
>
>> I used Revo, and it didn't show WD, but it was a process running, I
>> halted
>> it.
>
> It is common practice to disable almost all such programs when
> installing new software.

Why disable it if it isn't an AV program?

"tommy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
>
> FromTheRafters wrote:
>> "tommy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:h7kkk7$f7t$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>>> I removed all AV, AS that I could. Those weren't on there. An old
>>> Kaspersky
>>> was on there, I removed it.
>>
>> Maybe this will help (if you didn't already use it):
>>
> http://www.softpedia.com/progDownloa...oad-99015.html
>>
>>> Windows Defender, formerly known as Microsoft AntiSpyware, is a
>>> software
>>> product from Microsoft to prevent, remove and quarantine spyware in
>>> Microsoft Windows.
>>
>> I am aware of what it is, and also aware of what it *isn't*.
>>
>> It *isn't* an AV program.
>>
>>> I used Revo, and it didn't show WD, but it was a process running, I
>>> halted
>>> it.
>>
>> It is common practice to disable almost all such programs when
>> installing new software.
>
> Why disable it if it isn't an AV program?

To avoid possible interference with the installation process, not
because of some conflict with the normal operation of either program.
The caution specific to AVs is mostly because of a conflict between two
"on access" (API hooking) scanners.

tommy wrote:
> FromTheRafters wrote:
>> "tommy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:h7kkk7$f7t$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>>> I removed all AV, AS that I could. Those weren't on there. An old
>>> Kaspersky
>>> was on there, I removed it.
>>
>> Maybe this will help (if you didn't already use it):
>>
>
http://www.softpedia.com/progDownloa...oad-99015.html
>>
>>> Windows Defender, formerly known as Microsoft AntiSpyware, is a
>>> software
>>> product from Microsoft to prevent, remove and quarantine spyware in
>>> Microsoft Windows.
>>
>> I am aware of what it is, and also aware of what it *isn't*.
>>
>> It *isn't* an AV program.
>>
>>> I used Revo, and it didn't show WD, but it was a process running, I
>>> halted
>>> it.
>>
>> It is common practice to disable almost all such programs when
>> installing new software.
>
> Why disable it if it isn't an AV program?

I guess I will look on the AVG free forum for WD conflict.

"FredW" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 2 Sep 2009 08:17:51 -0500, "tommy"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>FromTheRafters wrote:
>>> "tommy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:h7kkk7$f7t$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>
>>>> I removed all AV, AS that I could. Those weren't on there. An old
>>>> Kaspersky
>>>> was on there, I removed it.
>>>
>>> Maybe this will help (if you didn't already use it):
>>>
>>http://www.softpedia.com/progDownloa...oad-99015.html
>>>
>>>> Windows Defender, formerly known as Microsoft AntiSpyware, is a
>>>> software
>>>> product from Microsoft to prevent, remove and quarantine spyware in
>>>> Microsoft Windows.
>>>
>>> I am aware of what it is, and also aware of what it *isn't*.
>>>
>>> It *isn't* an AV program.
>>>
>>>> I used Revo, and it didn't show WD, but it was a process running, I
>>>> halted
>>>> it.
>>>
>>> It is common practice to disable almost all such programs when
>>> installing new software.
>>
>>Why disable it if it isn't an AV program?
>
>
> A. It is a "service" that has nothing to do with the working of
> Windows.
>
> B. It is a Microsoft security product.
>
> C. It has a conflict with your AVG 8.5 (warning from AVG)
>
> Both AVG and WindowsDefender are real-time anti-spyware.
> Two real-time AV quarrel.
> Two firewalls (real-time) quarrel.
> Two real-time AS ............

....or that's what they would like you to believe.

"tommy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I guess I will look on the AVG free forum for WD conflict.

Please share with us the results, if any.

Good luck.