Windows Defender

[Rich-M]

Check out your Windows Defender folks as I noticed after 2 days mine had failed to update and was sitting over a month old in updates. I am hoping once I manually start it, it will continue on its own or that could be an issue going forward.

 

[allheart55 (Cindy E)]

That's weird, Rich. Mine updated automatically.

 

[Rich-M]

I just happened to look at it and it was sitting on Sept 7 considering I installed this yesterday and it has been on about 3 hours that is a bit odd. BTW am actually Liking IE here and see no reason to include another browser though I like to have at least another in case of issues cropping up. I just cannot decide which one to use and it might well be Opera which I have not looked at for years..

 

[DSTM]

I always disable Windows Defender. It sucks IMO.

 

[Rich-M]

I am not sure this version sucks Dougie and for the purposes of testing why not try it as supposedly it is Antivirus and Antispyware. I still have Mbam Pro running besides though and I always disabled it in Vista and Windows 7 as you do.

 

[allheart55 (Cindy E)]

I always disable it in Win 7 and 8 but I haven't done so in the 10 TP. I doubt that it has become any better but who knows, I love surprises. This would be a pleasant one, for sure.

 

[Rich-M]

I actually saw it removing stuff on an infected computer the other day with Windows 8 and I got all excited!

 

[DSTM]

Windows Defender may have a bug in it if it actually caught something, Rich.

 

[Rich-M]

That's funny Dougie, my comic relief for the evening.

 

[allheart55 (Cindy E)]

It's been years since I've seen Defender remove anything.

 

[Rich-M]

That was the first time I ever saw it do anything believe me.