Re: Uninstall Windows Defender (Vista Ultimate)

On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 06:53:03 -0700, DanBissell
<DanBissell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Is there a reason why Windows Defender doesn't seem to be keeping up with all
the other spyware/malware programs? (Main reason for wanting to uninstall it)

Seems like the new attacks as well as some old established programs are
slipping past detection on the PC's here. We are using a couple of the free
apps that have been around for a while to clean up most, and formatting those
that we don't want to waste time on.


No anti-spyware program is perfect, and each is able to detect malware
that the others don't for that reason, it's wise to run several.
Windows Defender may not be the single best such product out there,
but it's far from useless, and I recommend *not* uninstalling it.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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