Defender

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Windows Defender suddenly put an Icon near the Clock. It had an exclamation
mark. It asked to upgrade, but there were no upgrades. (It seemed to happen
when there was an automatic Update for Windows)
I turned Defender off to see if it would go away. Now I cannot find where to
turn it back on to see if the exclamation went away. looked in Ctrl Panel ,
Security and Firewall. Can you believe the Help Index does not have Defender
listed!?
 
Re: Defender


"joseph" <joseph@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D366E1AB-3126-4CAD-A157-4B52C6588911@microsoft.com...
> Windows Defender suddenly put an Icon near the Clock. It had an
> exclamation
> mark. It asked to upgrade, but there were no upgrades. (It seemed to
> happen
> when there was an automatic Update for Windows)

The exclamation appears if defender has not been updaterd for a period of
time. Updating (even if there are no updates) turns the exclamation off
until it times out again.

> I turned Defender off to see if it would go away. Now I cannot find where
> to
> turn it back on to see if the exclamation went away. looked in Ctrl Panel
> ,
> Security and Firewall. Can you believe the Help Index does not have
> Defender
> listed!?

Yes.
 
Re: Defender

Once you've gotten your machine free of any/all hijackware (cf.
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...04e340cdf?lnk=gst&q=firewall#e2bd33c04e340cdf)
....

1. Enable Automatic Updates => http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306525

2. Go to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com and install any critical
security updates offered, Defender definitions update, and the Malicious
Software Removal tool. Follow all prompts.

Microsoft has established separate newsgroups for Windows Defender support
and comments.

See
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/newsgroups/default.mspx

TIP: Access these newsgroups using your default newsreader, not your
browser. See instructions on above page.
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joseph wrote:
> Windows Defender suddenly put an Icon near the Clock. It had an
> exclamation
> mark. It asked to upgrade, but there were no upgrades. (It seemed to
> happen
> when there was an automatic Update for Windows)
> I turned Defender off to see if it would go away. Now I cannot find where
> to
> turn it back on to see if the exclamation went away. looked in Ctrl Panel
> ,
> Security and Firewall. Can you believe the Help Index does not have
> Defender
> listed!?
 
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