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Windows Defender?
My Acer with Windows Home Premium came with Windows Defender. I loaded a 90
free trial of Norton Protection Center at the suggestion of the Geek Squad. The free part is ending soon. I have not had any problems. Do I really need any protection other than Defender? -- thanks for any help. |
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Windows Defender?
Yes you do. Defender is a (mediocre) anti-spyware program. You need at the
least an antivirus program as well. -- "djkrus" wrote in message ... My Acer with Windows Home Premium came with Windows Defender. I loaded a 90 free trial of Norton Protection Center at the suggestion of the Geek Squad. The free part is ending soon. I have not had any problems. Do I really need any protection other than Defender? -- thanks for any help. |
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Windows Defender?
"djkrus" wrote in message
... My Acer with Windows Home Premium came with Windows Defender. I loaded a 90 free trial of Norton Protection Center at the suggestion of the Geek Squad. The free part is ending soon. I have not had any problems. Do I really need any protection other than Defender? Yes, you do. Windows Defender is an anti spyware program, it doesn't protect you against viruses, trojans or other malware. The least you need in addition to Defender is a firewall (you can use the one included in Windows Vista), and some kind of anti virus program. Of course you also need to keep your operating system updated. If you don't feel you need the Norton suite, there are several cheaper - or even free - alternatives to be found. Here's a site with Microsoft's recommendations for home computer security: http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/default.mspx Charlie42 |
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Windows Defender?
On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 10:06:03 -0700, djkrus
wrote: My Acer with Windows Home Premium came with Windows Defender. I loaded a 90 free trial of Norton Protection Center at the suggestion of the Geek Squad. The free part is ending soon. I have not had any problems. Do I really need any protection other than Defender? Definitely! For adequate protection, you need three all types of softwa 1. An anti-virus program. Windows Defender does nothing to protect you against viruses, and no anti-virus program is included with Windows. 2. Anti-spyware programs (note the plural "programs." Windows Defender is an example of this, but a single anti-spyware product--even the best one--is *not* good enough. Note what Eric Howes, who has done extensive testing on Anti-Spyware products, states: "No single anti-spyware scanner removes everything. Even the best-performing anti-spyware scanner in these tests missed fully one quarter of the "critical" files and Registry entries" See http://spywarewarrior.com/asw-test-guide.htm 3. A firewall program. You can use the built-in Windows one, or choose a third-party one instead. My view, by the way, is that anything Norton is the *worst* possible software you can get. There are many better alternatives. My view of the Geek Squad is similar to my view of Norton products. They are not a company I would recommend using. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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Windows Defender?
"djkrus" wrote in message
... My Acer with Windows Home Premium came with Windows Defender. I loaded a 90 free trial of Norton Protection Center at the suggestion of the Geek Squad. The free part is ending soon. I have not had any problems. Do I really need any protection other than Defender? -- thanks for any help. Defender should be re-named Defenseless. Defender is worse than useless. The only thing that Defender can offer is a completely false sense of security. Did I mention that Defender is worthless? Do yourself a favor...buy Norton 360. Honu |
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Windows Defender?
A lot feel that defender may provide some protecion against spyware and
malware but may have issues with the threat of viruses in the wild..Norton is a good choice. if it hasn't caused you any issues. If i may suggest register the program to fully protect you from advanced virus signatures out there "djkrus" wrote in message ... My Acer with Windows Home Premium came with Windows Defender. I loaded a 90 free trial of Norton Protection Center at the suggestion of the Geek Squad. The free part is ending soon. I have not had any problems. Do I really need any protection other than Defender? -- thanks for any help. |