Windows Defender bundled with Vista / W7

[vista]

Does this anti spyware program with real protection on work happily with Avast with no conflicts?

[Pondus]

yes.... but we (most evangelists here) turn it off and use Malwarebytes as it is much better

[DavidR]

It is mainly the Windows Defender (WD) which comes pre-installed in win8 that you have to worry about as that version of WD is an anti-virus also, which is closer to MSE than the old WD installed with win7 (I can't comment about vista, never used it). However when you install another AV in win8 it is meant to disable WD.

The thing that I hated most about win7 was the inability to completely uninstall WD only to disable it as it isn't disabled when you install an anti-virus. Personally I see little point in having WD enabled when you have avast installed, if you want something else as a compliment to avast, then MBAM is a good companion and the MBAM pro version (one off license fee) even better.

[avast@@dvantage77.com]

Absolutely remove it!  It is worthless crap, and all it does is slow you down.  I saw it block someting once in my entire career!




Sincerely,
 
J.R. "AutoSandbox Guy" Guthrie

"At this point in time, the Internet should be regarded as an Enemy Weapons System!"

[Diddy]

HI I am currently running Windows Vista and Windows Defender and Avast have had no problems in all the years I have used Avast free even going back to avast 4.8 free.  I also turn off Windows Defender and have downloaded and use Malwarebytes free instead of windows Defender on my Windows Vista machine.

Thanks have a good weekend