RE: new anti-virus



Jesper wrote:

Security Center only knows how to recognize certain anti-virus programs.
It does not know how to find all of them. There is not much you can do
about that really.

On the upside, it is not really impacting your security any. Security
Center is simply a tool that tells you the state of the system. If you
click the little Shield icon you can tell it that you have a third-party
anti-virus program that you will monitor yourself and the shield will
return to green.

"chrissy" wrote:

i recently installed a new anti-virus....system suite...and windows
security is not recognizin it can anyone give me an idea why? according
to windows security there is no anti-virus found.....pretty new at this
so please keep that in mind....thanks

Just to add to Jesper's excellent advice, I see that you left out the name
of the "new anti-virus system suite". Do yourself a favor and please check
to make sure you didn't install a rogue antivirus/antispyware program.
Start with MVP Eric Howes' site here:

http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm

After you've done that, if you have any questions about the validity of the
program you installed please post back with its name.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
.



Relevant Pages

  • Re: Cant Display .eml in Outlook Express and Printer Issues
    ... What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your subscription current? ... Disable email scanning by your anti-virus application. ... Please do NOT install IE7 or WinXP SP3 at this point, ... received message does not have the photos inline. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress)
  • Re: Fix for multiple instances of anti-virus in Windows Security Center
    ... Worse, when I removed that anti-virus program, Windows Security Center ... instances of Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic were installed! ... install XP because of reasons non related to Antivir. ...
    (alt.comp.anti-virus)
  • Re: Window Updater Corrupted
    ... Please state your full Windows version when posting to this newsgroup. ... What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your subscription current? ... Can I re install the Updater? ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsupdate)
  • Re: Remove Anti-Virus
    ... Then i remove mcafee completely using add/remove programs in control panel, then i replace with new kaspersky anti-virus personal 5.0.388. ... But on the windows security center on virus protection tab is said "Windows Found Mre Than One Anti-Virus Install" but kaspersky is the only anti-virus i have now? ...
    (microsoft.public.security)