Someplace to report IP address of detected virus?

[oldman]

I honestly can't say if defender(I'm thinking antispyware) would stop the interface from opening.

No, it's not guilty. I'm just saying that there are better antispyware tools to use.

superantispyware is free, but non resident, avg antispyware resident during trial period.

Or is "defender the name of the vista firewall?

No. It's Windows Defender, the antispyware (antimalware) tool.

I was thinking that it was windows defender, but DavidR had asked about a firewall and she had replied to his quoted post.

[momcat]

Ooooh I thought it was a firewall. The icon is a wall, for godsakes! 

Edit - Is there such a thing as a free resident firewall program?

Edit again  - I am actually running the regular Windows firewall, I just looked.

[oldman]

Ooooh I thought it was a firewall. The icon is a wall, for godsakes! 

No problem.

Edit - Is there such a thing as a free resident firewall program?

I think comodo is vista compatible. sorry I don't have a link, but a search of this forum should turn one up.

[DavidR]

Only the beta version 3.0 of comodo is compatible with Vista but a number of people have had issues with that. It really is strange why there aren't that many firewalls (certainly free versions) that are Vista compatible, after 10 months of since the release of Vista.