Malke
Sat May 20 15:56:32 CDT 2006
Ron Bee wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Is MS Antispyware and Windows Defender two separate applications so
> that the newer version does not depend on any files from the older
> version. I have a folder and several subfolders for MS Antispyware
> still listed in my program files folder after upgrading to Windows
> Defender. Can it and all references to it be deleted? Defender seems
> to be working fine and I didn't want to mess up anything by deleting
> something it depends on in MS Antispyware. TIA
At this time, support for the beta version of Microsoft Windows
AntiSpyware now called 'Windows Defender' is being provided through the
following Microsoft newsgroups:
- microsoft.private.security.spyware.announcements
- microsoft.private.security.spyware.appcompat
- microsoft.private.security.spyware.general
- microsoft.private.security.spyware.install
- microsoft.private.security.spyware.networking
- microsoft.private.security.spyware.signatures
- microsoft.private.security.spyware.onlinecommunity
These newsgroups can be accessed via NNTP or HTTP. To access these
newsgroups using HTTP, please go to the following location:
http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?ICP=spyware&sLCID=us
To access these newsgroups using NNTP, please use the following
information for your NNTP client (such as Microsoft Outlook Express):
- NNTP Server: privatenews.microsoft.com
- Account name: privatenews\spyware
- Password: spyware
NOTE: No password will be required via the HTTP link.
Malke
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