Re: Is Windows Defender built-in to Vista?

MikeB;1149180 Wrote:
> I seem to have Windows defender running on my Vista Ultimate SP 2
> laptop. This is despite the fact that I cannot see it in the list of
> installed programs, and my download archive does not have a version
> that runs in Vista. I used to have Windows Live OneCare installed, but
> I've uninstalled that and ran the cleanup tool, yet I still see
> Defender in my taskbar (although it complains that its definitions ar
> eout of date).
>
> I'd like to clean this up before I install the new Security Essentials
> package, so any pointers would be useful. Thanks.


Click Start - All Programmes and you should see it as Windows defender.
Note that it is not an antivirus programme.

If you have been running Windows Live One Care I would suggest changing
to the new Microsoft Security Essentials. It seems to be getting good
reports.

'_http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials_'
(http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials)


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