Re: in defender: why is there no 'always allow' status



craigcu wrote:
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Pa Bear, I realize that "Microsoft has established separate newsgroups for
Windows Defender support and comments. This is not one of them."

However, this site you referred to below has not been working the last 2
days, and I have just reported the error separately to MS:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/newsgroups/default.mspx ...

Yes, accessing the Defender-specific newsgroups via the clunky web-interface has been "broken" since early January. Nevertheless, you can still access these Defender newsgroups using your default newsreader (e.g., Outlook Express; Windows Mail; Windows Live Mail):

<QP>
Note: To view these newsgroups with Outlook Express or another NNTP newsreader, you might be required to log on using the following information:

• Server: privatenews.microsoft.com
• Account name: privatenews\spyware
• Password: spyware (case-sensitive)
</QP>
Source: http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/newsgroups/default.mspx
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