According to Microsoft's website "Windows Defender is a free program that helps protect your computer
against pop-ups, slow performance, and security threats caused by
spyware and other unwanted software." [<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx">http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx</a>]<br><br>Avast or AVG Antivirus protect against Viruses. You need BOTH. I have found spysweeper to be a pretty decent program for spyware removal if you'd like something additional to the Windows Defender.
<br><br>This is also where I recommend using Firefox for the Internet instead of Internet Explorer.<br><br>Jason<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/27/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jeff Rasmussen</b> <<a href="mailto:jeff.rasmussen@gmail.com">
jeff.rasmussen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I've started recommending Microsoft's Defender, for home users instead of Grisoft's AVG because:
<br> 1. it will be installed by default in Vista<br> 2. it looks like Microsoft will likely not charge for it, ever
<br> 3. most home users just need something that will continue updating definitions (If AVG ever decided to stop offering a free package, then everybody I've recommended using it will probably have the free AVG installed with no current definitions just like the trial versions of Norton)
<br> 4. it works smoothly with the operating system (It doesn't work with MS own corporate proxy, therefore I assume that this will only be a consumer product offered by Microsoft to keep people from moving to Mac or Linux because of viruses)
<br><span class="sg"><br>-- <br>Jeff Rasmussen<br>GPG public key 0x9686C12F
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