What Antivirus Products Show Up in Vista

[Guest]

I have tried AVG, Avast and Kaspersky and none of these are recognised in the
Security Center in Vista Home Prremium. Could anyone advise me of the
antivirus software it does detect or if this could be a problem with my vista
upgrade which was from XP.

 

[Guest]

Hello David,

What you described is Vista just doing its proper job, conflicts and
troubles will not arrive until you force the install of those programs.

Also, browse these Forums for learning what factually occurs after adding
the program (and other similar programs) that you shared.

Question for you:
Do you desire a conflict free computer, or, do you desire perpetual
conflicts while using Vista and browsing the Internet?

Vista end users that *never* add third party programs rarely ever visit
theses Forums unless their only purpose is for sharing the joy and user
friendly functionalities while using Vista.

As end users add third party programs to Vista, progressively, (user
induced) troubles and conflicts develop while using Vista.

While browsing these Forums, almost without exception, the majority of
complaints are from users that have added third party programs.

Visit the below URL for discovering the best methods for using Vista:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/features/details/accessibility.mspx

We humans are sometimes firmly creatures of habit, wrongly believing what
was needed yesterday must be needed today. XP needed third party a/v. Vista
is not XP.

 

[Guest]

Point taken Jonathan! thanks for the reply

Hello David,

What you described is Vista just doing its proper job, conflicts and
troubles will not arrive until you force the install of those programs.

Also, browse these Forums for learning what factually occurs after adding
the program (and other similar programs) that you shared.

Question for you:
Do you desire a conflict free computer, or, do you desire perpetual
conflicts while using Vista and browsing the Internet?

Vista end users that *never* add third party programs rarely ever visit
theses Forums unless their only purpose is for sharing the joy and user
friendly functionalities while using Vista.

As end users add third party programs to Vista, progressively, (user
induced) troubles and conflicts develop while using Vista.

While browsing these Forums, almost without exception, the majority of
complaints are from users that have added third party programs.

Visit the below URL for discovering the best methods for using Vista:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/features/details/accessibility.mspx

We humans are sometimes firmly creatures of habit, wrongly believing what
was needed yesterday must be needed today. XP needed third party a/v. Vista
is not XP.

 

[Richard G. Harper]

Are you installing Vista compatible versions of these programs? I use AVG
and CA on my various computers here and both are recognized just fine.

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[Richard]

I have tried AVG, Avast and Kaspersky and none of these are recognised in
the
Security Center in Vista Home Prremium. Could anyone advise me of the
antivirus software it does detect or if this could be a problem with my
vista
upgrade which was from XP.

The latest version of AVG works fine in Vista, I have installed t numerous
times.
Occasionally you have to manually configure the email scanner though.

 

[Jane C]

The latest version of Avast Home Edition is correctly identified here in the
Security Center. It causes absolutely no problems whatsoever, and the virus
definitions are updated automatically.

 

[Bill Davis Jr]

On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 02:00:05 -0800, David H <David

I have tried AVG, Avast and Kaspersky and none of these are recognised in the
Security Center in Vista Home Prremium. Could anyone advise me of the
antivirus software it does detect or if this could be a problem with my vista
upgrade which was from XP.

I am running AVG Anti-Malware and it shows AVG as the Anti-Virus in
the Security Center.

 

[Richard Urban]

We have been through this many times before.

Vista has ***NO*** built-in antivirus protection. It is necessary that you
install it yourself.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
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Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Richard Urban]

The antivirus definitions are, sometimes, updated 3-4 times a day here. Hard
to ask for better than that!

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Guest]

What you described is Vista just doing its proper job, conflicts and
troubles will not arrive until you force the install of those programs.

Are you really advising people not to install anti-virus software?

Granted, a lot of AV is crap, and most of the time a 100% success rating in
benchmarks indicates only that the manufacturers spent way too much time
putting code for detecting a virus that hasn't been seen in the wild since
1993.

However, while there may not be any specific Vista viruses yet, and Vista
does a really good job of protecting you from the sort of behaviours
(computer and user) that allow virus transmission, the system isn't perfect.

For people who are likely to contract viruses, an anti-virus solution is
essential. There will be viruses for Vista one day, far sooner than there
will be lemon-scented paper napkins.

Alun.
~~~~

 

[Dingley Mellowcreme]

Hello David,

What you described is Vista just doing its proper job, conflicts and
troubles will not arrive until you force the install of those programs.

Also, browse these Forums for learning what factually occurs after adding
the program (and other similar programs) that you shared.

Question for you:
Do you desire a conflict free computer, or, do you desire perpetual
conflicts while using Vista and browsing the Internet?

Vista end users that *never* add third party programs rarely ever visit
theses Forums unless their only purpose is for sharing the joy and user
friendly functionalities while using Vista.

As end users add third party programs to Vista, progressively, (user
induced) troubles and conflicts develop while using Vista.

While browsing these Forums, almost without exception, the majority of
complaints are from users that have added third party programs.

Visit the below URL for discovering the best methods for using Vista:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/features/details/accessibility.mspx

We humans are sometimes firmly creatures of habit, wrongly believing what
was needed yesterday must be needed today. XP needed third party a/v.
Vista
is not XP.

Wow, I'll have a double portion of whatever he ordered!

On the other hand, back on Planet Earth, AVG 7.5 in all of its flavors seems
to work quite well in Vista (I'm using Ultimate 64-bit).

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

"What you described is Vista just doing its proper job"
FALSE.
AVG and probably the others are recognized in the vista Security Center.
I have been using AVG with Vista RTM for over 3 months and AVG is monitored
by Vista.

"Vista end users that *never* add third party programs rarely ever visit
theses Forums"
Really?
Can you back this claim with facts?
Or perhaps they know so little they can not install anything else of locate
places such as this for solutions to problems.

Define "third party programs"
That covers just about everything from any source outside Microsoft.
I do not know about you, but I use programs from sources outside Microsoft
(3rd party programs)

"XP needed third party a/v. Vista is not XP"
Not relevant.
That says NOTHING about the need for AV in Vista.
Please point to a Microsoft source that says an anti virus product is not
needed for Vista.
I am certain you do not need help finding a source that shows the need for
an Antivirus in Vista since it is already in this thread.

Suggestions such as not needing an anti virus are dangerous at best.

 

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Norton Internet Security 2007 runs perfectly under VISTA. Excellent at what
it does.

Dan
Sudbury, Canada

 

[Richard Urban]

This fellow is one of those rare breeds who NEVER adds any software to his
computer - NOTHING!

Ten years from now he will still have 90% of his hard drive free because he
is waiting for something.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"What you described is Vista just doing its proper job"
FALSE.
AVG and probably the others are recognized in the vista Security Center.
I have been using AVG with Vista RTM for over 3 months and AVG is
monitored by Vista.

"Vista end users that *never* add third party programs rarely ever visit
theses Forums"
Really?
Can you back this claim with facts?
Or perhaps they know so little they can not install anything else of
locate places such as this for solutions to problems.

Define "third party programs"
That covers just about everything from any source outside Microsoft.
I do not know about you, but I use programs from sources outside Microsoft
(3rd party programs)

"XP needed third party a/v. Vista is not XP"
Not relevant.
That says NOTHING about the need for AV in Vista.
Please point to a Microsoft source that says an anti virus product is not
needed for Vista.
I am certain you do not need help finding a source that shows the need for
an Antivirus in Vista since it is already in this thread.

Suggestions such as not needing an anti virus are dangerous at best.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org

 

[Richard Urban]

We'll be hearing from you before too long, I guess. (-:

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Apparently.
He uses the wrong platform if he believes 3rd party programs should not be
run.

 

[nicholas hall]

If you have the latest versions of the mentioned products then they should
ALL work fine with vista.

NIK

 

[Paul Adare]

microsoft.public.windows.vista.security news group, Jupiter

Suggestions such as not needing an anti virus are dangerous at best.

This is the same person who used to post as "firewall2" and
posted all kinds of erroneous information and irrelevant web
links about EFS, BDE, and the "256-bit encrypted Vista
firewall". Remember him? Well he's back with yet another posting
ID.

--
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MVP - Windows - Virtual Machine
http://www.identit.ca
"The English language, complete with irony, satire, and sarcasm,
has survived for centuries without smileys. Only the new crop of
modern computer geeks finds it impossible to detect a joke that
is not clearly labeled as such."
Ray Shea

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Now this dangerous information from him makes sense.
Thank you Paul;

 

[Guest]

I have used the latest versions of AVG Avast Kaspersky and even tried Onecare
just to see if it is recognised and none show up in Security Center but all
seem to work ok as I have performed scans with them all and updates are
coming through no trouble and also the icons are in the notification area.
The problem seems to be with Security Center and not the Antivirus software.
Also I am not able to turn on Windows Defender in Security Center .I click on
turn on ,it says "updating definitions" then "no new definitions available"
and Defender says it is switched off but shows up in task manager as running
and I have used it to perform a scan which it did.Again the problem seems to
be in Security Center itself.