Enabling virus protection

Hello
The question I am about to ask might sound very silly but it's really
bugging me. I've tried day and night and I just can't find where to go to
enable the virus protection which comes with Windows XP. Please could some
one help me out????
Thanks
Phil

Galen
Fri Apr 29 17:31:10 CDT 2005

In news:7BA2F468-8AC6-4845-AB06-F7D321326848@microsoft.com,
Mr Phil <Mr Phil@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> Hello
> The question I am about to ask might sound very silly but it's really
> bugging me. I've tried day and night and I just can't find where to
> go to enable the virus protection which comes with Windows XP. Please
> could some one help me out????
> Thanks
> Phil

XP doesn't come with any AV software though it might have come on a resource
disk from the computer vendor that you bought it from. Here's some free
solutions for you:

Virus:
www.grisoft.com - AVG
www.antivir.com - AntiVir
http://www.my-etrust.com/microsoft/index.cfm - CA eTrust

Spyware:
www.lavasoft.de - AdAware
http://security.kolla.de/ - Spybot
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx -
Microsoft Anti-Spyware Beta

Trojan:
www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/ - a Squared
http://swatit.org/ Swat It

Galen
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mental exaltation." -- Sherlock Holmes

Lil'
Sat Apr 30 06:08:35 CDT 2005

If you're talking about the XP SP2 SecurityCenter, it doesn't perform any AV
function. It monitors many AV products for up-to-date virus definitions and
if the AV is running and enabled.
Other than the freebie AVs already mentioned by another respondent , a good
AV for less money is Panda Titanium.
"Mr Phil" <Mr Phil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7BA2F468-8AC6-4845-AB06-F7D321326848@microsoft.com...
> Hello
> The question I am about to ask might sound very silly but it's really
> bugging me. I've tried day and night and I just can't find where to go to
> enable the virus protection which comes with Windows XP. Please could some
> one help me out????
> Thanks
> Phil

matchstich
Fri Jun 24 09:58:07 CDT 2005

i was reading this post, and want to say thank you for the info about a
squared, i like the way it scans, can see all the trash in my system, left
over programs that i deleted and such, makes it easy to finish cleaning up,
even though the scan takes a hour and a half, i like it

"Lil' Dave" wrote:

> If you're talking about the XP SP2 SecurityCenter, it doesn't perform any AV
> function. It monitors many AV products for up-to-date virus definitions and
> if the AV is running and enabled.
> Other than the freebie AVs already mentioned by another respondent , a good
> AV for less money is Panda Titanium.
> "Mr Phil" <Mr Phil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7BA2F468-8AC6-4845-AB06-F7D321326848@microsoft.com...
> > Hello
> > The question I am about to ask might sound very silly but it's really
> > bugging me. I've tried day and night and I just can't find where to go to
> > enable the virus protection which comes with Windows XP. Please could some
> > one help me out????
> > Thanks
> > Phil
>
>
>