" Cal Who" <CalWhoNOSPAM@roadrunner.com> wrote in message
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> "Bruce Hagen" <BRH@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
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>> "VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote in message
>> news:i0h70g$ehu$1@news.albasani.net...
>>> Cal Who wrote:
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>>> Also, Windows Defender is dead. It was replaced with Microsoft
>>> Security
>>> Essentials (MSE).
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>> MSE includes the properties of Windows Defender, but MSE is not a
>> replacement unless you are running MSE.
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> I just installed MSE and wonder what yourlast comment means. Do I have
> to manully run it sometime. I believe it is scheduled to run by itself.
> I did not change any of the settings?
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> Thanks
>
MSE includes Windows Defender. Like any other AV program, MSE runs in the
background all the time. You can set a scheduled scan if you wish, but it
is no more or less needed than a scheduled scan with any AV program
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA
> When using an AV other than MSE
>> like Avast, AVG, etc, Windows Defender is still alive and well with
>> continuous updating.
>> --
>> Bruce Hagen
>> MS-MVP [Mail]
>> Imperial Beach, CA
>>
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