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    Should I turn off Windows Defender?

    Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by roytse, Feb 10, 2008.

  1. roytse

    roytse Notebook Evangelist

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    I have windows Vista, and windows defender is built-in in the OS
    I use NOD32 anti-virus 3.0, it has anti-virus and anti-spyware real time protection in it.
    So, is it save for me to turn windows defender off ?
     
    roytse, Feb 10, 2008
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    I personally don't use Windows Defender. Frankly I think its spyware detection is crap, and it takes up background memory.
     
    SmoothTofu, Feb 10, 2008
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  3. crash

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    Yes, especially because you have NOD32.
     
    crash, Feb 10, 2008
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    I agree on both points. Turn it off.
     
    Gintoki, Feb 10, 2008
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  5. roytse

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    thank you for all advices, I'll turn it off
     
    roytse, Feb 10, 2008
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  6. Gintoki

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    If you have any more questions be sure to let us know.
     
    Gintoki, Feb 10, 2008
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    How do you disable it?
     
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    You can go one step further than mentioned in the above article.

    -Click Start and type in "services" and open it up.
    -scroll down to "Windows Defender"
    -double click on it and under startup type select "Disable"
    -click ok
     
    crash, Feb 10, 2008
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  10. Gintoki

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    Along with "msconfig", "startup", and disabling Defender from booting on startup.
     
    Gintoki, Feb 10, 2008
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  11. crash

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    D'oh, forgot that one! :D
     
    crash, Feb 10, 2008
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    I've got Comodo with defense + turned off and Threatfire also running, should
    I turn off windows defender so ?
     
    skerryman, Feb 13, 2008
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  13. crash

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    Yes.

    (10 char)
     
    crash, Feb 13, 2008
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  14. Gintoki

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    And turn off the windows firewall.
     
    Gintoki, Feb 13, 2008
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  15. crash

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    Doesn't it automatically get turned off by Comodo?
     
    crash, Feb 13, 2008
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    Nope. At least not for me.
     
    Gintoki, Feb 13, 2008
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    Oh I thought maybe it did. I had ZoneAlarm and it turned Windows firewall off for me. Or maybe Windows firewall turned off automatically. Hmmm, don't remember now...
     
    crash, Feb 13, 2008
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    Ok Thanks guys, I was about to ask the same question, since the search function didn't produce the concrete answers I needed. I've just installed Comodo firewall pro and turned off my window firewall. Hope I did good. lol

    Comodo rocks but it keeps prompting me for program access. :(
     
    Distinguished, Feb 15, 2008
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