who uses windows defender in vista?

In my experience, Defender has a soul destroying impact on performance. Get shut of the realtime scanning and just schedule scans if you have to......
 
i disable the real-time scanning, and set it to a daily scan..

saying that, i've never had it find anything on my pc, i might as well remove it tbh
 
_Jimlad_ said:
how do you stop real time scanning?
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I assume that real time scanning is the same as real time protection :confused:



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I disable the service on first boot. I am running UAC this time round, i decided to put up with it for a change but its much much better on W7 to the point that you dont notice it at all.
 
Ive never notcied a slowdown when using it. So I leave it as is. But then, I have a modern PC . . . :p
UAC is left on. I hated the thing when I first installed it, but now I live with it, It rarely comes on anyway.
 
Fanatic said:
I just left it at its default setting, sitting in the background doing its thing.
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Likewise.

I don't pay much attention to it, every so often Windows Update tells me Defender needs updated which I do, but other than that I don't actually "use" it.

Does it sit in the background using up resources at its default settings?.

I have avast! and Spysweeper ( subscribed to ) on my system so do I really need to keep Defender on there or should I just bin it?.

If you uninstall it, what happens when a new update for it appears. Does it confuzzle Windows Update if you have binned Defender....lol....!!!??. :p
 
Draeger said:
Likewise.

I don't pay much attention to it, every so often Windows Update tells me Defender needs updated which I do, but other than that I don't actually "use" it.

Does it sit in the background using up resources at its default settings?.

I have avast! and Spysweeper ( subscribed to ) on my system so do I really need to keep Defender on there or should I just bin it?.

If you uninstall it, what happens when a new update for it appears. Does it confuzzle Windows Update if you have binned Defender....lol....!!!??. :p
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i have just stopped the real time scanning. so it's still there to use if need be. under the options in the menu. if you have spysweeper then prob no need to use it.
 
_Jimlad_ said:
i have just stopped the real time scanning. so it's still there to use if need be. under the options in the menu. if you have spysweeper then prob no need to use it.
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How do you turn off "Real Time Protection" in Defender?.

I can't see an option anywhere to turn it off?. :confused:
 
_Jimlad_ said:
so do the peeps that dont use it just count on uac and virus software?
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no.

i don't use av, uac or any real time scanner on my gaming machine.

i rely on..

router
windows firewall
firefox + noscript + adblock plus
me not doing anything stupid
 
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