The majority of threats that land on a Windows PC can be removed by antivirus software while the operating system is running. Some threats on the other hand cannot be fully removed when the system is running. The only solution in this case is to either boot into a different operating system, restore a previous [...]

Categories: Security, Software, Windows

If you are running a full security suite to protect against malware, there are often compatibility issues between certain anti-malware software and the built-in Windows Defender. Windows Defender is a standard part of Windows 7 and it cannot actually be uninstalled, but it can be disabled if it is interfering with your security suite. I [...]

Categories: Security, Software, Windows

I get troubleshooting emails on a wide variety of subjects, it’s always great when you can help people out and one I received this week was from someone who’d bought the latest version of Kaspersky Anti-Virus in response to a minor virus attack on her PC. Kaspersky removed the virus diligently enough, but it had [...]

Categories: Tutorials Advanced, Tutorials Basic

When Microsoft Security Essentials is installed on a computer with Windows 7, you automatically become a member of the Microsoft Security Essentials and Microsoft Defender community and grant Microsoft the ability to automatically collaborate with the your computer through Microsoft SpyNet. It immediately creates a user membership which automatically tracks your activities and various threats [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows

Microsoft SpyNet is a service connected to Microsoft’s security products Windows Defender and Microsoft Security Essentials. The service collects information from users of the two products and makes the findings available to all other users of Microsoft SpyNet. Windows Defender has been integrated into Windows 7 by Microsoft. The program is automatically running after installation [...]

Categories: Security, Windows

Windows Defender is a Microsoft security software product that is included in the Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating system. It is also available as an option download for the Windows XP system. The program is a anti-spyware program that can scan a computer system for malicious software and delete or quarantine the findings. Windows [...]

Categories: Security, Software, Spyware, Windows

Microsoft advertises its Anti Spam program Windows Defender with the slogan spyware protection for free but is it really a good alternative to other anti spam and spyware programs like ad-aware and spybot search and destroy. It is only fair to compare Microsoft’s anti spyware software which is available free to other free solutions that can be used and downloaded for free as well. Microsoft’s Windows Defender came under heavy fire recently as two competitors released studies that were supposed to prove that Windows Defender had – by far – the weakest spyware and spam detection rate.

Categories: Operating Systems, Security, Windows