Windows 7 Anti-Virus

[JamesJ]

Any idea if Windows 7 will have an anti-virus program?

James

 

[Kayman]

Any idea if Windows 7 will have an anti-virus program?

http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2190
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10102707-75.html
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/nov08/11-18NoCostSecurityPR.mspx

 

[JamesJ]

Good news (I think).

Thanks,
James

http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2190
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10102707-75.html
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/nov08/11-18NoCostSecurityPR.mspx

 

[John Barnett MVP]

It won't have anti virus protection by default, no. You will need to install
a third party anti virus application. If you want something free then you
could try the free version of AVG or Avast.

The links other posters have provided refer to 'Morro' the replacement for
OneCare which was a separate application from Microsoft. OneCare itself was
never very popular, hence its swift removal. I haven't seen Morro so I can't
comment, but I gather it will be free. (unless there is a change of mind at
Microsoft)

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[JamesJ]

Already have AVG Free

Thanks much,
James

It won't have anti virus protection by default, no. You will need to
install a third party anti virus application. If you want something free
then you could try the free version of AVG or Avast.

The links other posters have provided refer to 'Morro' the replacement for
OneCare which was a separate application from Microsoft. OneCare itself
was never very popular, hence its swift removal. I haven't seen Morro so I
can't comment, but I gather it will be free. (unless there is a change of
mind at Microsoft)

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[John Barnett MVP]

Dinesh, not all running at the same time, I hope. That is a recipe for
disaster. I currently use NOD32 but I certainly would use Norton or McAfee,
both are system hoggers.

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[Peter Foldes]

John

Certainly would or certainly would not ( use Norton or McAfee )

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Dinesh, not all running at the same time, I hope. That is a recipe for disaster. I
currently use NOD32 but I certainly would use Norton or McAfee, both are system
hoggers.

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[John Barnett MVP]

Apologies Peter, I replied to the post rather quickly. It should have read
'I certainly would 'not' use Norton or Mcafee.

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Certainly would or certainly would not ( use Norton or McAfee )

 

[John Barnett MVP]

Sorry Dinesh, it was the 'they all work fine' that threw me. If it had said
'they all 'worked' fine then I would have understood that they were not all
running on the same machine simultaneously. Running them all together would
certainly have caused some fun

Thanks for clearing that up, my mistake.

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[David Glienna]

Run the new FREE Virtual PC Version of XP (which comes with Windows 7 as of
last week). When you shut down, all malware vanishes (unless you wanted to
save it).

- David

Sorry Dinesh, it was the 'they all work fine' that threw me. If it had
said 'they all 'worked' fine then I would have understood that they were
not all running on the same machine simultaneously. Running them all
together would certainly have caused some fun

Thanks for clearing that up, my mistake.

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[Victek]

Run the new FREE Virtual PC Version of XP (which comes with Windows 7 as

of last week). When you shut down, all malware vanishes (unless you
wanted to save it).

I believe this is going to be a separate download. A beta will be available
on April 30th.

http://community.winsupersite.com/b...soft-finally-discusses-xp-mode-in-detail.aspx