anti virus,s

why,ll installing windows SP2 i turned off my anti virus
Antivir for windows xp,the upgrade then told me i did not
have a anti virus protection what should i do uninstall
the antivir protection then install the one microsoft
suggested.yours griz

Lanwench
Thu Aug 26 09:51:55 CDT 2004

Just turn on your antivirus software again. What kind/version are you using?
MS doesn't recommend specific antivirus products.

griz wrote:
> why,ll installing windows SP2 i turned off my anti virus
> Antivir for windows xp,the upgrade then told me i did not
> have a anti virus protection what should i do uninstall
> the antivir protection then install the one microsoft
> suggested.yours griz

anonymous
Thu Aug 26 10:57:25 CDT 2004


>-----Original Message-----
>Just turn on your antivirus software again. What
kind/version are you using?
>MS doesn't recommend specific antivirus products.

They don't? What's this, then?
http://www.microsoft.com/security/partners/antivirus.asp

Dick
Thu Aug 26 14:33:00 CDT 2004


<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Just turn on your antivirus software again. What
> kind/version are you using?
>>MS doesn't recommend specific antivirus products.
>
> They don't? What's this, then?
> http://www.microsoft.com/security/partners/antivirus.asp

Looks like a list of about every Antivirus vendor you could think of.

There may be more, but this is a big part of the market.

Hardly a specific recommendation.

Dick Kistler

Lisa
Fri Aug 27 09:45:06 CDT 2004

Doh!
>-----Original Message-----
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Just turn on your antivirus software again. What
>kind/version are you using?
>>MS doesn't recommend specific antivirus products.
>
>They don't? What's this, then?
>http://www.microsoft.com/security/partners/antivirus.asp
>.
>

anonymous
Fri Aug 27 22:19:02 CDT 2004

Looks like Microsoft's antivirus software recommendation
(s) to me.

If you look at one of their spyware pages (I'm too lazy to
look it up right now to post the link here), it only lists
Spybot and Ad-aware. Microsoft is not going to just have a
list there "of about every [antispyware] vendor you could
think of" (as you suggest for the reason for all the
antivirus vendors Microsoft listed). I don't see a rogue
like Privacy Tools 2004 listed with Ad-aware or Spybot.
Why? Because whatever Microsoft lists on their Web site
IS, in fact, a recommendation.

It states on that website: "Antivirus software is
available from a variety of Microsoft partners..." and
then proceeds to list the "Microsoft partners." Do you
honestly believe Microsoft would put just about any
antivirus vendor in that list? Nooooooo!

I guess you want Microsoft to say, "We recommend these..."
No. Do we have to be picky and see that exact wording? No,
not when this list is on Microsoft's own Web site. They
are recommended by Microsoft, plain and simple. If you
want to argue otherwise, feel free.

>-----Original Message-----
>Looks like a list of about every Antivirus vendor you
could think of.
>
>There may be more, but this is a big part of the market.
>
>Hardly a specific recommendation.
>
>Dick Kistler
>
>
>.
>