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Windows Defender
Is this program even remotely useful? I've had it for 2 years now on
this Vista 32-bit Home Premium (Dell Inspiron 530). I've accepted all auto-updates whenever they've occurred. Whenever it is run, 1 of 2 things will happen. Either it will report no detections and will say the system is running normally, or it will report a problem that it is always unable to deal with. Never has WD ever reported a problem that it was able to correct. Today's problem is "BrowserModifier:Win32/ Fotomoto". Clicking on the link for more info, I arrive at a MS web page saying the most recent definition update for this problem is dated 11 July 2009. I fully expect that, as with previous detection reports, the detection warning will disappear after the next update of WD. Meanwhile, this computer gets frequent scans (usually twice a week) with Malwarebytes and Avira Antivir and occasional scans with Superantispyware. None of these has ever reported a problem at the same time that WD does. Should I just not bother? Should I just let it update itself (so I won't be repeatedly bothered with update notices) and otherwise ignore it? TIA. GrtArtiste |