Security Center/Defender?

[Guest]

Running XP Home/SP2 and keep getting Security Center advices that it does not
recognize that I'm running Windows Defender/Beta 2. (Nor Ad-aware or SpyBot).
Any fix for this recognition problem? Thanks.

 

[Yves Leclerc]

Defender is not an anti-virus / firewall / automatic update system. Security
Center only will work with automatic updates, anti-virus software and firewall
software.


Viruses are not spywares. Get any anti-virus software fast!

You should not rely on only Defender for removal of spywares. Get the free AD
Aware SE Personal, SpyBot: Search and Destroy 1.4 and Spyware Terminator.
There are so many spywares/malwares out there that no one software can remove
all of them.

 

[Plato]

Running XP Home/SP2 and keep getting Security Center advices that it does not
recognize that I'm running Windows Defender/Beta 2. (Nor Ad-aware or SpyBot).
Any fix for this recognition problem? Thanks.

Yes, Remove the BETA ware ASAP.

 

[Rock]

"Bruce B.Vivian"wrote

Running XP Home/SP2 and keep getting Security Center advices that it does
not
recognize that I'm running Windows Defender/Beta 2. (Nor Ad-aware or
SpyBot).
Any fix for this recognition problem? Thanks.

The Security Center in XP doesn't detect Windows Defender or the other
adware/spyware programs you mentioned. It detects the presence of an
anti-virus program - which these are not. What AV program do you have?.

 

[Guest]

Merci millefois! Mais I have Ad-aware and Spybot as noted but Defender
doesn't 'see' them. I will also look at Spyware Terminator.
BV.

 

[PA Bear]

The Security Center in XP doesn't detect Windows Defender or the other
adware/spyware programs you mentioned. It detects the presence of an
anti-virus program - which these are not. What AV program do you have?

Seconded.

Microsoft has established separate newsgroups for Windows Defender Beta2
support and comments.

See
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/newsgroups/default.mspx

 

[Guest]

??The 1st LeClerc post implies AdAware/Spybot are Virus programs. You advise
differently. What AV programs should I consider. Thanks

 

[Rock]

??The 1st LeClerc post implies AdAware/Spybot are Virus programs. You
advise
differently. What AV programs should I consider. Thanks

No they are not AV programs, and he didn't imply that. You either misread
or misunderstood his post. They work on non viral malware, as does Windows
Defender.

Good free or low cost AV programs are Avast, AVG, AntiVir, CA eTrust. In
the paid variety the best are Kaspersky and NOD32.

 

[Guest]

Thanks, this does clarify it for me.

No they are not AV programs, and he didn't imply that. You either misread
or misunderstood his post. They work on non viral malware, as does Windows
Defender.

Good free or low cost AV programs are Avast, AVG, AntiVir, CA eTrust. In
the paid variety the best are Kaspersky and NOD32.

 

[Rock]

Thanks, this does clarify it for me.

You're welcome.

 

[Baloo]

Running XP Home/SP2 and keep getting Security Center advices that it does
not recognize that I'm running Windows Defender/Beta 2. (Nor Ad-aware or
SpyBot).

I wouldn't install three programs to do the same thing... Windows Defender
ought to be enough. The reason it doesn't show in the Security Center is
because the Security Center doesn't look for antispyware software (it's not
a problem for people who browse smarter to start with). It's not like
antivirus software.

 

[Baloo]

??The 1st LeClerc post implies AdAware/Spybot are Virus programs. You
advise differently. What AV programs should I consider. Thanks

AVG Free Edition if you're a home user. Check out http://free.grisoft.com/

 

[Baloo]

Please quote in the same way we all read English: Conversational order.
Please read http://ursine.ca/Top_Posting

Viruses are not spywares. Get any anti-virus software fast!

Unless it's Norton or McAfee, then you'll only spend a lot of money to be in
the same spot (except Windows Security Center won't complain about it
anymore...)

You should not rely on only Defender for removal of spywares. Get the
free AD Aware SE Personal, SpyBot: Search and Destroy 1.4 and Spyware
Terminator.

Redundant software only wastes space.

There are so many spywares/malwares out there that no one software can
remove all of them.

It's better to work defensively as a normal user with no rights to install
software than it is to try to clean up afterwards.

 

[Rock]

Unless it's Norton or McAfee, then you'll only spend a lot of money to be
in
the same spot (except Windows Security Center won't complain about it
anymore...)


Redundant software only wastes space.


It's better to work defensively as a normal user with no rights to install
software than it is to try to clean up afterwards.

No one anti-malware program catches everything. In this case, though
multiple ones don't need to be running in memory, several should be used for
routine scans.