Defender - How does it work ?

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:51:46 Z

Greetings All !,

I'm probably not in the right Forum but....

Having Downloaded Defender (w/Win/XP) when updating it, does it actually check my Computer's contents, or just apply the update to anything that it encountered from that point forward ?

Have a good Day ! :)
S.W.

Good Golf, good Friends or what ever makes you happy !

Defender - How does it work ?

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:08:23 Z

<<I'm probably not in the right Forum but....>>
Correct. :)
This is a Windows Home Server forum.

<<Having Downloaded Defender (w/Win/XP) when updating it, does it actually check my Computer's contents, or just apply the update to anything that it encountered from that point forward ?>>
Huh? Updating the program does just that - it updates the program (specifically, it regularly updates the definition file, just like AV software does.)
Or, do you mean 'when scanning my computer?'

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Defender - How does it work ?

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:00:53 Z

SWHouston said:

Good Golf, good Friends or what ever makes you happy !

Hello

Support for Defender is available in the newsgroups. You will find the configuration information here.

Or the links are here:

Windows Defender newsgroups

Thank you

Lara Jones [MSFT] Windows Home Server Team