Repair gone bad

[Daave]

Windows defender gives you the capability to scan your system for
viruses and delete them.

No, this statement is incorrect. Windows Defender does *not* scan for or
remove viruses; it is an *anti-spyware* application. That being said,
I'm sure it's a fine program.

I do NOT use ad-Aware, or SpyBot.

That's a shame; they are very useful in combating adware and spyware.

I trust Microsoft.

Res ipsa loquitur.

 

[Unknown]

Perhaps we have a semantics problem. When I open Windows Defender, I click
on scan and it scans every item on my computer looking for harmful software.
What do you mean ' does not scan'?

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Perhaps we have a semantics problem. When I open Windows Defender, I click
on scan and it scans every item on my computer looking for harmful software.
What do you mean ' does not scan'?

As Daave said, and he is correct, it does not scan for *viruses*. It
scans for spyware.

The point is that there is more than one type of harmful software, and
it does not scan for all of them--just spyware.

 

[Unknown]

I have to learn to use correct verbiage in these posts. Spyware is correct.