Problems with Windows Defender

[Guest]

Hi!, I just installed my windows XP and wanted to use Windows Defender as
antivirus software, then after installing the Security system of XP kept
telling me that I needed an antivirus and my system is at risk, then I
thought that Windows Defender wasn´t actually a real time antivirus but a
secondary program so I installed Nod32 and Windows stopped telling my system
is at risk, but the thing my system, though still relatively operational, got
very slow and unstable, I noticed windows Defender introduced in the msconfig
start tab, a program and then checked to unselect it, but i can still see
some process associated with Windows Defender in my Taskbar everytime I load
my PC, I tryied configuring Windows defender to not ve active all the time
but nothing happened, what should I do? should I uninstall Windows Defender
and keep nod32 or uninstall nod32 and keep Windos Defender although the
security center keeps warning me I don´t have an antivirus? or maybe I should
keep both with some kind of configuration?? Pleas Help, Thanks!

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

Pleas Help, Thanks!

OK... here goes:

Try posting that again but this time use periods, paragraphs and
passable grammar.

 

[Guest]

Ok, thanks for your very useful and explanatory help

 

[Ron Badour]

Windows Defender is not an antivirus program--it is more like a spyware
program such AdAware and both an AV and a spyware type of program are
needed. Defender is designed to run in the background. Since your computer
started acting up after Nod32 was installed, it seems reasonable to suspect
that it and not Defender is your problem. Try uninstalling Nod and see if
that cures the problem. If so, reinstall it with all other programs closed.
If it continues to give you problems, contact the maker or try a different
AV program.

 

[mikeyhsd]

see aunty grumpy is up to its usual.
need a new toy boy to relieve some of that tension.

sounds like the proverbial UGLY AMERICAN.



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Pleas Help, Thanks!

OK... here goes:

Try posting that again but this time use periods, paragraphs and
passable grammar.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Hi!, I just installed my windows XP and wanted to use Windows Defender as
antivirus software,

You can't. That's not what it is. Windows Defender is an anti-spyware
program. You need separate anti-virus software.

then after installing the Security system of XP kept
telling me that I needed an antivirus and my system is at risk,

Exactly!


then I
thought that Windows Defender wasn´t actually a real time antivirus but a
secondary program

Not any kind of anti-virus program.

so I installed Nod32 and Windows stopped telling my system
is at risk,

Correct.


but the thing my system, though still relatively operational, got
very slow and unstable,

Sorry, I don't know why. I've heard good things about NOD32, but
haven't used it myself.

I noticed windows Defender introduced in the msconfig
start tab, a program and then checked to unselect it,

No, don't do this--at least not unless you replace it with other
anti-spyware software. You need both kinds of products.