Windows Defender?

[Paul T]

Is Defender a necessary program in Vista? I am trimming the fat on the
start up programs and wondered if Defender is truly needed, I have a anti
virus program running..

 

[kirk jim]

defender is for spyware not viruses


If your antivirus is also a good antispyware then you can disable it...

but most often you need more than 1 or 2 programs to search for spyware

 

[John Inzer]

Is Defender a necessary program in Vista? I am trimming the fat on
the start up programs and wondered if Defender is truly needed, I
have a anti virus program running..

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Necessary? I guess that's a matter of
opinion...personally I think it's a useful
tool...and Windows Defender is not a
virus scanner.

The following link explains what it is:

Windows Defender
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsvista/aa905112.aspx

--
John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[KDE]

Also worth noting, Whether your a microsoft fan or not, Defender is actually
one of the better programs Microsoft has put out (IMO). It runs quietly in
the background and does a good job of protecting you against spyware. Many
of Microsoft's programs are often out done by third party apps, but this one
however, seems to hit the nail right on the head.

- Just my opinion