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Matt H
03-14-2006, 09:50 PM
Is there anything different between microsofts antispyware and microsofts defender?
Budfred
03-14-2006, 10:06 PM
Yes there is...
Matt H
03-14-2006, 11:14 PM
What are they, I have both but are they scanning for the same thing?
Budfred
03-15-2006, 12:08 AM
It has a few more features and it will have more recent updates... Here is the description and download info:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=435bfce7-da2b-4a6a-afa4-f7f14e605a0d&DisplayLang=en
Matt H
03-15-2006, 03:02 AM
ok thanks budfred, 1 more thing is defender is better do you think it's ok to unistall microsofts antispyware and use defender as a replacment?
Budfred
03-15-2006, 09:05 AM
I would probably remove it first, but I don't see clear instructions for that on the site... Defender IS the replacement for MSAS, so it is certainly a good idea to use it as such...
Ace Card Jones
03-15-2006, 12:48 PM
Em...Defender is The upgrade to Anti spyware and when you install it it automaticaly removes The older version.....How did you have both of them running?

And on the note of which one is better IMO the interface isnt as good but they arent making updates for Beta1 anymore so the upgrade to beta2 is a must.
Matt H
03-15-2006, 06:45 PM
I might have ran both before a reboot but now I only see empty icons in my start menu so I guess the beta 2 has already replaced it for me.

:rolleyes: