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    Who uses Windows Defender?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by MaXimus, Jun 1, 2008.

  1. THAANSA3

    THAANSA3 Exit Stage Left

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    Same question here?
     
    THAANSA3, Jun 2, 2008
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  2. bigozone

    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    i've always liked Asquared or A^2,,, works good for me
     
    bigozone, Jun 2, 2008
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  3. coolguy

    coolguy Notebook Prophet

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    Tracking cookies are not really adware and you don't need to scan to remove them. They can be just removed by emptying the browser cache. WD won't warn for junk.
     
    coolguy, Jun 2, 2008
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  4. crash

    crash NBR Assassin

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    Threatfire scans applications in real time that run for malicious behavior instead of matching the signatures against a list of known malicious programs. That is why it is called a "behavioral scanner". It is quite different from Windows Defender. If you want more info, you should post in the anti-virus/security forum because this is getting off topic.

    Second this. I use a-squared and find it quite effective.
     
    crash, Jun 2, 2008
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  5. swarmer

    swarmer beep beep

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    Yup. That's why I like Defender. It's unobtrusive and it doesn't flag irrelevant stuff like cookies.
     
    swarmer, Jun 2, 2008
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  6. Leon

    Leon Notebook Deity

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    Emptying cookies is extremely inconvenient for some people because they have their auto login's and such.
     
    Leon, Jun 2, 2008
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  7. MaXimus

    MaXimus Notebook Deity

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    As it NEVER finds anything while a scan with any other spyware programs tells me that I am loaded with spyware!

    I am actually surprised at the number of people that use Windows Defender :eek:
     
    MaXimus, Jun 3, 2008
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  8. swarmer

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    You sure it's not just cookies that the other programs find?

    See... the thing I like about Defender is that it doesn't flag a lot of crap like browser cookies.

    Look at some of those "spyware" things that other programs flag, and see what they really are.

    Because if you don't want browser cookies, you can just turn them off in your browser!
     
    swarmer, Jun 3, 2008
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  9. Wirelessman

    Wirelessman Monkeymod

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    Couldn't agree more, it happened to me, I lost a couple of automatic login, fortunately I have a list with my login data.
     
    Wirelessman, Jun 3, 2008
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  10. soldier0316

    soldier0316 Notebook Evangelist

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    In my opinion defender is useless I updated it all the time and it never detects anything when spybot does.
     
    soldier0316, Jun 4, 2008
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