Hi
Should one uninstall Windows Defender before installing Microsoft Security
suite or would Window Defender compliment the Security suite? Thanks.
XP home, IE8
Although this doesn't exactly answer your question here's a little info
I've found:
Earlier this week in WinXP Pro sp3 through Microsoft Security Essentials
I was offered an update for MSE, which I installed. Everything is fine
except I discovered that Windows Defender was turned off and disabled
during the update process. Through Google I discovered several forum
threads and articles that basically said Defender is not needed with MSE
(duplication of realtime malware detection) and could possibly cause a
conflict if both are active.
Also, on my Win7 Ultimate machine I was offered the same update and
installed it, all is fine with it. In Win 7, Windows Defender was
disabled when I initially installed Microsoft Security Essentials.
My take is that with MSE installed and active, Defender is not needed
(or at least not active).
If I'm mistaken I hope that someone will chime-in with correct info.
As a side note, MSE is not the only AV/malware programs I have; I do
periodical scans with SuperAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes' AntiMalware.
hth
