Re: Windows Defender

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From	"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
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Subject	Re: Windows Defender
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"felix_unger" <me@nothere.biz> wrote in message 
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> On 28-August-2015 6:24 AM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>
>>
>> "felix_unger" <me@nothere.biz> wrote in message 
>> news:d46sscF5e5nU3@mid.individual.net...
>>> On 25/08/2015 4:48 AM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Max <max@val.morgan> wrote
>>>>> Is Windows Defender (formerly Microsoft Security Essentials) an 
>>>>> adequate security solution for Windows?
>>>>
>>>> Yep.
>>>
>>> better than AVG?
>>
>> Not as good IMO.
>>
>> The main problem with AVG is that its not great
>> to recommend to other people because it fucks
>> them around by installing the trail version even
>> if you tell it to install the free one
>
> no
>
>> and only when
>> you tell it to uninstall that does it offer to install
>> the free one. Arseholes.

> It's also getting very intrusive with popups, and continually asking to 
> upgrade from the free version, etc.,

I don’t find that. I might get that once a month or so
and it doesn’t actually ask you to upgrade, just tells
you what its found virus wise and offers the upgrade.

> with no way to turn that off afaik; at least there's no setting to turn 
> off notifications on the mobile version.

Can't say I have ever seen that on the mobile version.
What mobile platform are you seeing that with ?

> (haven't checked with the dektop version tho) but with my phone I can stop 
> it from sending notifications with system settings for apps.

True.

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