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May 30th 07, 09:07 PM
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Windows defender
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 
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May 30th 07, 09:24 PM
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Windows defender
"aewdw" wrote in message ... 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.
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May 30th 07, 11:14 PM
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Windows defender
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" wrote: "aewdw" wrote in message ... 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.
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May 31st 07, 12:11 AM
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Windows defender
Don't uninstall it -- merely disable it. Do it under Control Panel --
Windows Security Center -- Malware Protection. "aewdw" wrote in message ... 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" wrote: "aewdw" wrote in message ... 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.
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May 31st 07, 12:12 AM
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Windows defender
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. "aewdw" wrote in message ... 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" wrote: "aewdw" wrote in message ... 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.
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May 31st 07, 01:33 PM
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Windows defender
Thank you so much for the help!
"PTravel" wrote: 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. "aewdw" wrote in message ... 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" wrote: "aewdw" wrote in message ... 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.
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