[pchelpers] Re: Questionable Windows Defender Results
- From: "George T. Cox" <georgetcox@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 06 May 2010 07:29:19 -0400
Just want to thank those who shared their advice. I appreciate you
taking the time to respond. Thanks!
On 5/5/2010 11:20 PM, Jackie McBride wrote:
> I personally like Malwarebytes' Antimalwarebytes.
> www.malwarebytes.org
> Occasionally it gives false positives, so, if in doubt, u might wanna
> check w/some1.
>
> On 5/5/10, George T. Cox<georgetcox@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Wow Jackie! You are so right! I forgot to turn off Avira Anti-Virus
>> while I ran the scan. I don't use Windows Defender's real-time scanning.
>> I just run it periodically in case there might be something Avira
>> overlooked. I've been thinking of uninstalling WD .
>>
>> On 5/5/2010 7:10 PM, Jackie McBride wrote:
>>
>>> George, do u perchance have another antispyware or antivirus running
>>> at the same time as windows Defender? I personally have never been a
>>> fan of that software--seen it ham over more machines than I can
>>> count--but if there are 2 programs of the same type trying to do
>>> real-time protection on your machine, you're cruisin' for a bruisin'.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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