Windows defender

[Guest]

My new computer came with Windows vista and it is running Windows defender.
When ever it comes on (defender) it makes everything run very slow and it
also runs forever. The scan started last night at 09:18pm and it is still
running now at 05:04pm. So it has been going for almost 20 hours. This is not
normal is it? What can I do to fix it. I really am not computer literate. TIA

 

[PTravel]

My new computer came with Windows vista and it is running Windows
defender.
When ever it comes on (defender) it makes everything run very slow and it
also runs forever. The scan started last night at 09:18pm and it is still
running now at 05:04pm. So it has been going for almost 20 hours. This is
not
normal is it? What can I do to fix it. I really am not computer literate.
TIA

Disable it. Replace it with Grisoft's AVG (free antivirus software) and
something like Webroot's Spysweeper (not free, but good antimalware
software). Defender is neither effective nor efficient.

 

[Guest]

Thank you, I just went to find it and can not locate it in the unistall part.
I also couldn't see where on it's page to turn it off. Do you know where I
can find it?
I also have McAfee security center but that doesn't seem to work well. I
think I bought it through Dell when I bought the computer and I have it for 3
yrs. Someone else set everything up for me and I just don't feel like paying
them again to come out and fix this stuff.

 

[PTravel]

Don't uninstall it -- merely disable it. Do it under Control Panel --
Windows Security Center -- Malware Protection.

 

[PTravel]

Follow up -- Uninstall McAfee. It's intrusive bloatware that, per reports
here, interferes with a lot of things. AVG and Spysweeper will do the same
functions, but a lot better, a lot less intrusively, and much more
efficiently.

 

[Guest]

Thank you so much for the help!

Follow up -- Uninstall McAfee. It's intrusive bloatware that, per reports
here, interferes with a lot of things. AVG and Spysweeper will do the same
functions, but a lot better, a lot less intrusively, and much more
efficiently.