[pchelpers] Re: Questionable Windows Defender Results
- From: "George T. Cox" <georgetcox@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 23:49:58 -0400
Thanks, Sis,
I had just finished a scan with it when I saw your mail. I also have
MalwareBytes, and several other apps, including Spybot S&D, A-Squared,
and others. I'm careful (usually) not to run more than one real-time
protection at a time. I still may reformat and start over. My machine
does too many things I think it shouldn't. It takes up to a literal ten
minutes to boot up, most of the time, though sometimes it will boot in
under two. I'm also considering coming off the net completely.
Thanks to all who responded.
On 5/10/2010 7:00 PM, Jackie MacWhirter wrote:
> George:
> Microsoft Essentials goes with Windows 7 you get the updates from windows
> update... It has a quick scan if you want it... and is much faster-- I will
> point something out... Its better to have a virus and Trojan etc free clean
> machine than worry about that-- as long as it is maintaining your security
> level ...and keeping your computer from harm. You can download Microsoft
> Essentials here and it free.. I have it on 2 laptops and 3 computers
> http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/resources.aspx
> Jackie Mac
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pchelpers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pchelpers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of George T. Cox
> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 6:22 PM
> To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [pchelpers] Re: Questionable Windows Defender Results
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>
> On 5/10/2010 5:08 PM, John Durham wrote:
>
>> On 6/05/2010 10:29 a.m., George T. Cox wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hi Folks,
>>> I just scanned my computer with Windows Defender. It took about four
>>> hours to scan about 170,000 objects. Does that sound a little off to
>>> anyone here? Shouldn't it have scanned more objects in a shorter period
>>> of time? Other scanners I use scan upwards of a million objects in two
>>> and a half hours. Is it even worth it to fool with Windows Defender?
>>>
>>>
>> I just tried much the same thing on my own PC and got the following
>>
> results:
>
>> Start time 8:48am
>> Time elapsed 00:13:49
>> Objects scanned: 128623
>> Nothing unusual was detected.
>>
>> How fast is your CPU?
>>
>>
> My CPU is 2.21 GHZ
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