John wrote:
> Hi, I'm sorry if its not the right place to add this, but I wanted to ask
> about Windows Defender, and what people think of it. Is it worth having the
> program on the pc? I used to use it, mainly because you could dictate what
> programs you could open on startup, but I'm just not sure about it.
>
> John.
>
>
It was a pretty good application until MS managed to mess it up by
taking out most of the options for settings. Now I wouldn't touch it
with a ten-foot pole. Since my firewall program does everything Windows
Defender does, and does it better, I uninstalled it from my computers.
IF you just use the Windows XP firewall, then you might find WD somewhat
useful. I see no great harm in it, other than excessive overhead.


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"Ron Hunter" wrote in message
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> John wrote:
>> Hi, I'm sorry if its not the right place to add this, but I wanted to ask
>> about Windows Defender, and what people think of it. Is it worth having
>> the program on the pc? I used to use it, mainly because you could dictate
>> what programs you could open on startup, but I'm just not sure about it.
>>
>> John.
> It was a pretty good application until MS managed to mess it up by taking
> out most of the options for settings. Now I wouldn't touch it with a
> ten-foot pole. Since my firewall program does everything Windows Defender
> does, and does it better, I uninstalled it from my computers. IF you just
> use the Windows XP firewall, then you might find WD somewhat useful. I
> see no great harm in it, other than excessive overhead.
>
>
> --
> Ron Hunter rphunter@charter.net

I wondered about that. Is iot easy to uninstall, are there any things you
need to do before uninstalling it?

Thank you.

John.

John wrote:
> "Ron Hunter" wrote in message
> news:RuSdnXH2F6rqADDbnZ2dnUVZ_ofinZ2d@mozilla.org. ..
>> John wrote:
>>> Hi, I'm sorry if its not the right place to add this, but I wanted to ask
>>> about Windows Defender, and what people think of it. Is it worth having
>>> the program on the pc? I used to use it, mainly because you could dictate
>>> what programs you could open on startup, but I'm just not sure about it.
>>>
>>> John.
>> It was a pretty good application until MS managed to mess it up by taking
>> out most of the options for settings. Now I wouldn't touch it with a
>> ten-foot pole. Since my firewall program does everything Windows Defender
>> does, and does it better, I uninstalled it from my computers. IF you just
>> use the Windows XP firewall, then you might find WD somewhat useful. I
>> see no great harm in it, other than excessive overhead.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ron Hunter rphunter@charter.net
>
> I wondered about that. Is iot easy to uninstall, are there any things you
> need to do before uninstalling it?
>
> Thank you.
>
> John.
>
>
No. It seems to uninstall easily, but it annoyed me because I couldn't
configure the latest versions as I could the earlier ones. I am rather
fond of programs I can configure the way I want them.



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Ron Hunter rphunter@charter.net