Windows Defender turns off

[Jan]

I have Windows XP Home SP3 with Windows Defender definition 1.71.2204.0
dated 14/01/10. I also have AVG, Spybot and AdAware. I have used these for a
couple of years without problems.
About 2 weeks ago I noticed that when switching on my computer in the
morning Windows Defender has somehow been turned off and I have to turn it
back on again each morning. I have never had to do this before. What could
have happened and how can I rectify this problem?

 

[Bruce Hagen]

Probably the best answer will await you here.

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"Jan" <Jan@Jan.com> wrote in message
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>I have Windows XP Home SP3 with Windows Defender definition 1.71.2204.0
>dated 14/01/10. I also have AVG, Spybot and AdAware. I have used these
>for a couple of years without problems.
> About 2 weeks ago I noticed that when switching on my computer in the
> morning Windows Defender has somehow been turned off and I have to turn
> it back on again each morning. I have never had to do this before. What
> could have happened and how can I rectify this problem?
>

 

[Richard in AZ]

AVG 9 automatically turns off Windows Defender.
AVG feels Windows Defender is redundant to their antispyware features.

"Jan" <Jan@Jan.com> wrote in message newsWRmNX%23lKHA.1824@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>I have Windows XP Home SP3 with Windows Defender definition 1.71.2204.0 dated 14/01/10. I also have
>AVG, Spybot and AdAware. I have used these for a couple of years without problems.
> About 2 weeks ago I noticed that when switching on my computer in the morning Windows Defender
> has somehow been turned off and I have to turn it back on again each morning. I have never had to
> do this before. What could have happened and how can I rectify this problem?
>

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Post here instead, it's AVG's doing: http://forums.avg.com/

Jan wrote:
> I have Windows XP Home SP3 with Windows Defender definition 1.71.2204.0
> dated 14/01/10. I also have AVG, Spybot and AdAware. I have used these for
> a
> couple of years without problems.
> About 2 weeks ago I noticed that when switching on my computer in the
> morning Windows Defender has somehow been turned off and I have to turn
> it
> back on again each morning. I have never had to do this before. What could
> have happened and how can I rectify this problem?