Run Defense+ AND Windows defender?

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Hi, everyone.

New to Vista (resisted until just now, because I have to configure a machine for someone), but not new to 'puters, OSs or security.

But I can’t seem to find an answer to this question, anywhere. There seems to be a huge amount of overlap between Windows Defender in Vista and Defense+ in v3.11.xx. Is there any good reason to run both? Eliminating overhead is important to both me and the end user of this box.

Thanks!

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With Defender you add an extra on access scanner that can help to catch more known malwares. For blocking unknown applications however D+ totally trumps Defender.

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Thanks for the reply. I guess my real question is can I turn WD off and just run Defender+? One set of annoying messages is better than two. The ultimate user of this box is reasonably smart- I just don’t know HOW smart, if you know what I mean.

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I just checked my settings for Defender. Apparently I have it running in the background but haven’t seen it pop up once… (Currently on Win 7 RC and haven’t totally fine tuned it yet). When you are worried about pop ups when installing for other users having only D+ makes sense.

Also check out: How To Achieve Max Security With ZERO Alerts!. This works very well when people don’t install new programs very often.

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Thanks, Eric.

I think I’ll let both run for now, but tell him he can probably turn WD off.

Thanks for the other link, that looks like it will work well!