what is a "windows defender checkpoint" in system restore?

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all of a sudden, after i uninstalled and re-installed windows defender
because of an update that wouldn't install, there are three "windows
defender checkpoints" for just yesterday alone!

what the heck are these?
 
Pez D Spencer said:
all of a sudden, after i uninstalled and re-installed windows defender
because of an update that wouldn't install, there are three "windows
defender checkpoints" for just yesterday alone!

what the heck are these?
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At this time, support for the beta version of Microsoft Windows Defender is
being provided through the following Microsoft newsgroups:

- microsoft.private.security.spyware.announcements
- microsoft.private.security.spyware.appcompat
- microsoft.private.security.spyware.general
- microsoft.private.security.spyware.install
- microsoft.private.security.spyware.networking
- microsoft.private.security.spyware.signatures
- microsoft.private.security.spyware.onlinecommunity

These newsgroups can be accessed via NNTP or HTTP.

To access these newsgroups using HTTP, please go to the following location:

http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?ICP=spyware&sLCID=us

To access these newsgroups using NNTP, please use the following information
for your NNTP client (such as Microsoft Outlook Express):

- NNTP Server: privatenews.microsoft.com
- Account name: privatenews\spyware
- Password: spyware

NOTE: No password will be required via the HTTP link

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
 
wow, i even get a long-winded explanation about why i'm not getting
help in a newsgroup just like the long-winded explanation from
microsoft about they're not gonna help me with defender.

when i asked microsoft about a defender question, which was actually a
problem with the auto-update/microsoft update, they said it was in beta
and they weren't gonna help.

i ask this question, which i thought refered to "system restore," in
here, and i get the same response: it's in beta and we're not going to
help you.

but, anyway, i already found my answer in another forum. it seems that
there's a bug in defender that causes it to make a whole bunch of
restore points during the day (which eat about 25 megabytes each) for
no good reason at all.

so, i uninstalled it. problem solved.
 
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