OT MSE (aka) Morro is heeeeeere

[Ǝиçεl]

<http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/>
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[robinb]

I just picked it up for xp and vista/win 7
about to install it in win 7 now
robin

 

[robinb]

dave once you install it automatically checks for updates and you must have
a livemail email address to get it
robin

 

[robinb]

interesting
in windows 7 it did not disable WD
or uninstall it because I am doing a scan on it now
I thought it was going to do that?
robin

 

[robinb]

just put it on my xp pro sp3 test box
it installed fine and now doing a scan
robin

 

[Bill Sanderson]

There is a KB article for finding Morro definitions, but I don't have the
number handy. When it was posted, I did a bit compare of the definitions
found via that article, and those at the security portal for Forefront, and
they were identical....

 

[gene]

Just installed on a xp home box. Just hope it's as thorough as its
top free competitors (avast, avira), one of which I had to uninstall
in the process.

Gene

 

[Tim Clark]

I want to install MSE so that it will run in On Demand mode, Not Real
time/Background.
I do not want to remove my current Realtime AV, which I know to be reliable.
I would prefer it that it does NOT remove or turn off Windows Defenders real
time protection.

Purpose: To test it as a backup checker [on demand] without compromising my
current Real Time protection situation. I know MSE realtime protection can
be turned off [i've seen the pics] but can I set it up that way to test?

Ideas ? Replies ?

Tim

 

[Stephen Boots MVP-Windows Live]

For those not going to the MSE forums, this is apparently a known
issue and will be fixed in a future version. You do not need to
disable Defender, but MSE doesn't always seem to turn it off like it
is supposed to.
-steve

 

[Ǝиçεl]

Here is the number Bill

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971606
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[Ǝиçεl]

Any time Dave ;-)

Thanks, folks. Now I knew you'd know ).

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Thanks - I'll test, I think--it sure is easier to just send people to the
portal. It may well be that the listing won't appear there until the
product is final.

 

[Bill Sanderson]

You can install it and turn off real-time protection in Tools, Options. The
install does not make it mandatory to turn off your existing protection, but
it will fail to install if other Microsoft antivirus applications are
currently installed, in my experience.

I'm not sure where this would leave Windows Defender. I suspect that if you
install MSE, and turn off real-time protection, Windows Defender will be
able to be enabled again, but I haven't tested this, and I'm not sure when
I'd be able to.

Seems worth trying--let us know if you do?

 

[Tim Clark]

Seems worth trying--let us know if you do?

Sorry Bill, I am not brave enough to be the first to try.
If it disables WD on install I would need to know for sure I can re-enable
it after turning of MSE's RTP. I am not will to lose my WD protection to
test MSE's on demand prowess. Anybody got a spare computer that's willing to
try ?

Tim

You can install it and turn off real-time protection in Tools, Options. The
install does not make it mandatory to turn off your existing protection, but
it will fail to install if other Microsoft antivirus applications are
currently installed, in my experience.

I'm not sure where this would leave Windows Defender. I suspect that if you
install MSE, and turn off real-time protection, Windows Defender will be
able to be enabled again, but I haven't tested this, and I'm not sure when
I'd be able to.

Seems worth trying--let us know if you do?

"Tim Clark"

I want to install MSE so that it will run in On Demand mode, Not Real
time/Background.
I do not want to remove my current Realtime AV, which I know to be
reliable.
I would prefer it that it does NOT remove or turn off Windows Defenders
real time protection.

Purpose: To test it as a backup checker [on demand] without compromising
my current Real Time protection situation. I know MSE realtime protection
can be turned off [i've seen the pics] but can I set it up that way to test?

Ideas ? Replies ?

Tim

 

[Don Carlson]

Tim,

"need to know for sure I can re-enable"

If you go into Control Panel on my Win7 machine and WD is there, if you
click it will ask you if you want to enable it. Don't know if that is what
you are after but it does work.

--
Don

Seems worth trying--let us know if you do?

Sorry Bill, I am not brave enough to be the first to try.
If it disables WD on install I would need to know for sure I can re-enable
it after turning of MSE's RTP. I am not will to lose my WD protection to
test MSE's on demand prowess. Anybody got a spare computer that's willing
to
try ?

Tim

You can install it and turn off real-time protection in Tools, Options.
The
install does not make it mandatory to turn off your existing protection,
but
it will fail to install if other Microsoft antivirus applications are
currently installed, in my experience.

I'm not sure where this would leave Windows Defender. I suspect that if
you
install MSE, and turn off real-time protection, Windows Defender will be
able to be enabled again, but I haven't tested this, and I'm not sure when
I'd be able to.

Seems worth trying--let us know if you do?

"Tim Clark"

I want to install MSE so that it will run in On Demand mode, Not Real
time/Background.
I do not want to remove my current Realtime AV, which I know to be
reliable.
I would prefer it that it does NOT remove or turn off Windows Defenders
real time protection.

Purpose: To test it as a backup checker [on demand] without
compromising
my current Real Time protection situation. I know MSE realtime
protection
can be turned off [i've seen the pics] but can I set it up that way to
test?

Ideas ? Replies ?

Tim

 

[Bill Sanderson]

OK. I'm running Windows 7. I can never find Windows Defender on it so I
just typed Windows Defender into search, clicked on the resulting link,
enabled it, updated defs within the app, and am presently running
simultaneous quickscans with Windows Defender and MSE.

MSE is quite a bit faster in terms of number of items per second, too.

Tim,

"need to know for sure I can re-enable"

If you go into Control Panel on my Win7 machine and WD is there, if you
click it will ask you if you want to enable it. Don't know if that is what
you are after but it does work.

--
Don

Seems worth trying--let us know if you do?

Sorry Bill, I am not brave enough to be the first to try.
If it disables WD on install I would need to know for sure I can re-enable
it after turning of MSE's RTP. I am not will to lose my WD protection to
test MSE's on demand prowess. Anybody got a spare computer that's willing
to
try ?

Tim

You can install it and turn off real-time protection in Tools, Options.
The
install does not make it mandatory to turn off your existing protection,
but
it will fail to install if other Microsoft antivirus applications are
currently installed, in my experience.

I'm not sure where this would leave Windows Defender. I suspect that if
you
install MSE, and turn off real-time protection, Windows Defender will be
able to be enabled again, but I haven't tested this, and I'm not sure
when
I'd be able to.

Seems worth trying--let us know if you do?

"Tim Clark"

I want to install MSE so that it will run in On Demand mode, Not Real
time/Background.
I do not want to remove my current Realtime AV, which I know to be
reliable.
I would prefer it that it does NOT remove or turn off Windows Defenders
real time protection.

Purpose: To test it as a backup checker [on demand] without
compromising
my current Real Time protection situation. I know MSE realtime
protection
can be turned off [i've seen the pics] but can I set it up that way to
test?

Ideas ? Replies ?

Tim

 

[Bill Sanderson]

I'm going to leave Windows Defender enabled and see what happens.