Windows defender

[Si]

I tried it but it was such a resource hog that I got rid of it.

Cheers.

Si

"Broooz" <reply@newsgroup.com> wrote in message
news:3H17h.1510$k74.505@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk ...
> Has anyone any up to date views on whether Defender is a reasonable way of
> protecting against spyware. It got some poor reviews a while back but I
> wonder if it has improved. It certainly picked up some things that spybot
> missed.
>

[Broooz]

"Si" <zen114955@zen.co.uk> wrote in message
news:455cfef6$0$18045$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk...
>I tried it but it was such a resource hog that I got rid of it.

I can't see any resource impact here?

[occam]

Broooz wrote:
> "Si" <zen114955@zen.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:455cfef6$0$18045$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk...
>> I tried it but it was such a resource hog that I got rid of it.
>
> I can't see any resource impact here?
>
>

Si might be referring to the beta versions? WD had a habit of creating
several 'Restore' points per day, thus pushing past (useful) Restore
points off the memory.

However, I agree with you. It is no longer a memory hog, nor a 'Restore
point' destroyer. As for its effectiveness... I have seen no negative
reports. (It does not go after 'cookies', giving safe-hex practicing
people the impression it does nothing useful.)