Microsoft Windows defender(Beta 2)

[LegendKiller]

Windows Defender is a security technology that helps protect Windows users from spyware and other potentially unwanted software. Known spyware on your PC can be detected and removed. This helps reduce negative effects caused by spyware including slow PC performance, annoying pop-up ads, unwanted changes to Internet settings, and unauthorized use of your private information. Continuous protection improves Internet browsing safety by guarding over 50 ways spyware can enter your PC.

The worldwide SpyNet community plays a key role in determining which suspicious programs are classified as spyware. Microsoft researchers quickly develop methods to counteract these threats, which are automatically downloaded to your PC, so you stay up-to-date.
Download:http://fileforum.betanews.com/sendfi...wsDefender.msi

[LegendKiller]

Apart from interface,which is good,but complex for averahe user,the beta seems to be good..

[anandk]

verifies key > doz not insatll on pirated os. so those having it, stick to ms anti-spy.

[ejvyas]

I have installed it but I dont find it in the taskbar????????????

[anandk]

Originally Posted by ejvyas

I have installed it but I dont find it in the taskbar????????????

from what i read on the net, defender dznt show on taskbar !

[rajas700]

Originally Posted by anandk

from what i read on the net, defender dznt show on taskbar !

But i find defender in my taskbar.................

[shwetanshu]

and on exiting it shows me an error, i had send error reports millions of times

[rajas700]

Originally Posted by shwetanshu

and on exiting it shows me an error, i had send error reports millions of times

what type error do u get????

[vij26]

I guess it is Code 1609...
Create a user "USERS " (Admin) then log on that user and you should be able to install it!!!

[shwetanshu]

na, after i close defender, it still stayz in the task bar, wen i exit from it, it display an error report

@vij26 thnx for trying out but that was not the prob

[hermit]

i am unable to update the definations any help?

[mohit]

UPDATE :

Microsoft has offered up a fix for users who are encountering "Error 1609" when trying to install Windows Defender Beta 2, attributing the problem to the lack of a local group named "Users." This group often has a different name in international versions of Windows, the company says.

A knowledge base article has been added to Microsoft's Support site to instruct users on how to correct the issue so that Windows Defender installs properly. A new version of the software that does not require a workaround will be released shortly for those who wish to wait, Microsoft said.


Source : BETANEWS
Link to the KB article fro MS :- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/915087

[shwetanshu]

ok my prob solved by itself