How does Win defender work?

[Robinb]

i just put it on my test computer
It needed a reboot after it loaded and it loads a bit slow
I did the eicar test to see who would catch it first and AVG Grabbed it
before threatfire did. Threatfire is suppose to come in first before avg as
the info says on their website but that did not happen.
I am running a full scan right now to see what happens.
I want to test this for a few days to see how it behaves.
Seems to not use alot of memory and WD is not annoyed by it either- so far
anyway
robin

 

[Alan D]

Goad is when a program scan says it found something but really didn't to
make you feel like it's working and maybe i should buy the better version.

Ah, I see! I doubt if that's the motive with a-squared. I think it's just
very prone to false positives. Bitman, (bless him, wherever he is) used to
call it a 'noisy scanner' - useful in its way but only to be used with great
caution. That's how I use it - a quick scan with it (less than a minute)
once a day is useful, but I would never, never, never quarantine anything it
found without a lot of checking first.

But I would have thought this is actually a weakness in the program an/or
the signatures - rather than any marketing ploy.

 

[Alan D]

in message

i would not run superspyware and avg antispyware together in real time
protection.
They might not play friendly this way.

Yes, that's what I decided.

The AVG antispyware is in your avg internet suite and it already runs in
real time and since you have no issues with it you should keep that one.

Yes - I never had any intention of getting rid of that. The integrated AV/AS
approach is one of the things I most value about it.

Run superantispyware as your free program and start it manually, do not
allow it to startup on "boot up"

For a long time I did this, and then read Nick's advice to let it load the
service at startup on the grounds that it's harder for malware to disable
the scanner if the service is already loaded, compared with having to start
the service from zero when you do a scan. So for a while now I've let the
SAS service start up on auto, and it seems fine; startup is maybe a second
or two slower, but there's no discernible impact on performance otherwise -
presumably because, as Nick explained - the service is not actually doing
anything. I suppose it adds just one small extra layer of security.

 

[robinb]

I take that back!- I knew I did not like any of PCTools products.
PC Doctor ran on a few of my clients computers- it slowed the computers to a
crawlwhen it scanned, took forever to load up on startup, and one of the
computers that was so infected with spyware and trojans showed nothing in PC
Doctor.

Well I let it run, it did a scan and in the middle of the scan it locked up
itself and my xp home computer. No choice but to push the button to get it
to reboot.
On reboot all looked well, looks can be very deceiving. When I tried to
open any program on the desktop, it took about 3minutes to 5minutes to open.
It did not do this prior to installing this product.
Uninstalled it and all was finally back to normal

When you check it out make sure you test it after a scan. Also see how long
it takes to open other programs.
I did not like this one at all and will not reinstall it on this computer
nor put it on any one of my other ones nor my clients.
robin

 

[Anonymous Bob]

I take that back!- I knew I did not like any of PCTools products.
PC Doctor ran on a few of my clients computers- it slowed the computers to a
crawlwhen it scanned, took forever to load up on startup,

[...]

Is that on Vista?

Bob Vanderveen

 

[Robinb]

No, on xp home sp2
I not dare try it on my vista computer
robin

I take that back!- I knew I did not like any of PCTools products.
PC Doctor ran on a few of my clients computers- it slowed the computers
to a
crawlwhen it scanned, took forever to load up on startup,

[...]

Is that on Vista?

Bob Vanderveen

 

[Alan]

Hi Robin,

I have the free version of Super AntSpyware, and I do NOT allow it to
startup on boot.

But, as the free version does not have RTP, why shouldn't people allow it to
run when booting up?

Alan

 

[robinb]

you cannot shut off the splash screen in the free version and some ppl can
get annoyed with it
but to tell you the truth after what AlanD typed what Nick said about
allowing it to start up in startup there is really no reason not to disallow
it. If you bought the pro version than running this and another antispyware
in realtime might fight each other and cause problems. Make one manual and
allow one to go in startup.

The free version does have one realtime part to it though, if you open the
ie web browser and the home page tries to change, superantispyware will warn
you to keep it this way or not, so technically it is doing something in
start up.

this is what alanD posted in this group on 10/5

"For a long time I did this, and then read Nick's advice to let it load the
service at startup on the grounds that it's harder for malware to disable
the scanner if the service is already loaded, compared with having to start
the service from zero when you do a scan. So for a while now I've let the
SAS service start up on auto, and it seems fine; startup is maybe a second
or two slower, but there's no discernible impact on performance otherwise -
presumably because, as Nick explained - the service is not actually doing
anything. I suppose it adds just one small extra layer of security."

robin