Windows Defender (BETA 2)

Borden · 15 Feb 2006 at 10:37

Hi all,

Couldn't find a thread on this so i thought i might give you a heads up on this, iit's the final name for Windows Antispyware.

Get it here:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

Borden · 15 Feb 2006 at 10:42

I've downloaded and installed it. Running a scan atm.

It removes Windows AntiSpyware. Seems ok so far.

LewisStuart · 15 Feb 2006 at 13:51

Do you have to uninstall MS AntiSpyware Beta 1 first ?

Borden · 15 Feb 2006 at 14:29

LewisStuart said:
Do you have to uninstall MS AntiSpyware Beta 1 first ?

Nope

Craig321 · 15 Feb 2006 at 14:45

mark1 said:
Hi all,

Couldn't find a thread on this so i thought i might give you a heads up on this, iit's the final name for Windows Antispyware.

Get it here:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

Cool, will download now, thanks

verizon · 15 Feb 2006 at 16:24

Awesome, I read that it runs as a service providing real-time protection - which at least saves me (forgetting) having to run it every weekend. Couple of questions..

Does it have an icon in the system tray all the time?
What is the resource usage like? (not another norton!?)
Will it conflict with NOD32?

Thanks peeps

ShakenNstirred · 15 Feb 2006 at 17:07

doesnt install on my pc for some reason
gets to the window were it says installing and thats it

Conrad11 · 15 Feb 2006 at 17:26

So is this a replacement for Microsoft Antispyware then?

Caged · 15 Feb 2006 at 17:45

Yeah, it's been renamed.

Borden · 15 Feb 2006 at 18:42

verizon said:
Awesome, I read that it runs as a service providing real-time protection - which at least saves me (forgetting) having to run it every weekend. Couple of questions..

Does it have an icon in the system tray all the time?
What is the resource usage like? (not another norton!?)
Will it conflict with NOD32?

Thanks peeps

No, there's no system tray icon.
It uses quite little resources, 4,900k mem usage atm.
I'm using NOD32 with it right now and haven't come across any problems so far.

Pinkeyes · 16 Feb 2006 at 09:26

Big improvement. Much better product.

Anyone know if this will be free when it finally comes out of Beta ?

FirebarUK · 16 Feb 2006 at 10:24

Apparently its not, although I'm unsure.

aaazza · 16 Feb 2006 at 11:40

Thanks for the heads up. Will get later.

aaazza

DDave · 16 Feb 2006 at 14:13

Will need to have a look at it later, I'm guessing this is what is already in Vista?

Borden · 16 Feb 2006 at 14:48

DDave said:
Will need to have a look at it later, I'm guessing this is what is already in Vista?

Well it has all the Vista looks, the icons, the logo etc so i guess so.

aaazza · 16 Feb 2006 at 17:22

EDIT: no worries working fine now, don't know what was going on

aaazza

Syph · 16 Feb 2006 at 18:05

It's integrated into Vista, so we can hope it'll continue to be free for those on XP too.

Borden · 17 Feb 2006 at 08:40

Syph said:
It's integrated into Vista, so we can hope it'll continue to be free for those on XP too.

I hope it is because Windows AntiSpyware is one of the best antispyware programs i have come across as it does it's job so well and judging by these first couple of days of using Windows Defender, i think it will also be a great little app. It'll be a shame if microsoft start charging for it.

Pinkeyes · 17 Feb 2006 at 08:57

Does anyone else's say there are no updates, yet moans it hasnt been updated for 22 days ???

Borden · 17 Feb 2006 at 09:42

Pinkeyes said:
Does anyone else's say there are no updates, yet moans it hasnt been updated for 22 days ???

I got that at first, but then it corrected itself.

My laptop downloaded an update for it off of windows update. Maybe have a look on there.