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Posted by Keith (Southend) on May 28, 2006, 11:14 am
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Maybe I'm on the wrong group here, but I was wondering if anyone knew
exactly what Windows Defender does when it runs? The reason I ask is
that my runs everyday at about 10am and after about 5 to 10 minutes of
it running the I get this 'buzzing noise' from I think the hard drive,
although I can't be sure exactly. It lasts about 5 seconds, has no
effect on the running of the computer, but the first time I heard it my
heart sank. However after hearing it at the same time this morning (yes
I know I must get out more :-) I began to suspect it was Windows
Defender running something (maybe the CAM Belt needs changing when it
does an emissions test!) <grin>
Any ideas as to what it maybe checking/scanning ?
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Keith (Southend)
http://www.southendweather.net
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Posted by David H. Lipman on May 28, 2006, 11:30 am
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| Maybe I'm on the wrong group here, but I was wondering if anyone knew
| exactly what Windows Defender does when it runs? The reason I ask is
| that my runs everyday at about 10am and after about 5 to 10 minutes of
| it running the I get this 'buzzing noise' from I think the hard drive,
| although I can't be sure exactly. It lasts about 5 seconds, has no
| effect on the running of the computer, but the first time I heard it my
| heart sank. However after hearing it at the same time this morning (yes
| I know I must get out more :-) I began to suspect it was Windows
| Defender running something (maybe the CAM Belt needs changing when it
| does an emissions test!) <grin>
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| Any ideas as to what it maybe checking/scanning ?
You are right. This is NOT the best News Group. :-)
Microsoft has created a set of News Groups specifically to support this Beta
product.
News Server: news://privatenews.microsoft.com
This News Server requires authentication:
Account name: privatenews\spyware
Password: spyware
Sample URL:
news://privatenews.microsoft.com/microsoft.private.security.spyware.general
- 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
To access these newsgroups using HTTP, use the following URL:
http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?ICP=spyware&sLCID=us
NOTE: No authentication is required for the web browser front end.
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Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
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Posted by Sebastian Gottschalk on May 28, 2006, 12:32 pm
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> Maybe I'm on the wrong group here, but I was wondering if anyone knew
> exactly what Windows Defender does when it runs?
How did you achieve the "when it runs" part?
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Posted by Keith (Southend) on May 28, 2006, 1:22 pm
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> Keith (Southend) wrote:
>> Maybe I'm on the wrong group here, but I was wondering if anyone knew
>> exactly what Windows Defender does when it runs?
>
> How did you achieve the "when it runs" part?
Open up Windows Defender > Tools > Options
Incidentally, this arrived as an Auto-update last week, I was surprised
it was still a beta version ;-)
I'll move this question to MS forum(s) ~ Thanks David.
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Keith (Southend)
http://www.southendweather.net
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Posted by Sebastian Gottschalk on May 28, 2006, 1:42 pm
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> Sebastian Gottschalk wrote:
>> Keith (Southend) wrote:
>>> Maybe I'm on the wrong group here, but I was wondering if anyone knew
>>> exactly what Windows Defender does when it runs?
>>
>> How did you achieve the "when it runs" part?
>
> Open up Windows Defender
error: 0x80002402
translation: cannot install this executable as a service
WTF does it even try?
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