Continued life for Windows Defender?

[Paul]

Will Microsoft continue to provide updates/definitions for Windows Defender,
or is it going to be phased out (and give way to MSSE)?
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Paul

MS Office 2003
Vista Home Basic SP1
Dell Inspiron 1501

 

[Ǝиçεl]

Hello Paul,

Lifecycle Windows Defender

Mainstream Support Retired
4/10/2012

Extended Support Retired
4/11/2017
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[Paul]

Thanks. Humor me for a minute here, if you will--which of these two deadlines
will the definitions fall under--mainstream or extended? Either one is good
enough, but I'm just wondering.


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Paul

MS Office 2003
Vista Home Basic SP1
Dell Inspiron 1501

 

[Bill Sanderson]

http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=11952

Well - the product is not much use without definitions--so I think the latter, but they don't give that level of detail.

 

[robinb]

since it is installed in windows 7 I would bet at least until the lifetime
of windows7 it will remain
robin