"ded" <witheld@invalid.witheld> wrote in message
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> "wylbur37" <wylbur37nospam@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> If I use Microsoft's Anti-Virus on a Windows XP Pro computer,
>> how do I know that the anti-virus program is updating itself
>> on a timely basis?
>>
>> In other words, where on my computer can I look to see
>> when the anti-virus tables had been most recently updated?
>>
>> ...
> If you mean Windows Defender, that is a free spyware tool, it isn't
> anti-virus software.
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect/pro...r/default.mspx
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> If you mean Windows live OneCare, being a supposedly fully
> functioning security suite:
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect/pro...r/onecare.mspx
>
> It ain't free and there are plenty of free alternatives:
> http://antivirus.about.com/
>
> And MS security software dosen't make the top ten in comparisions:
> http://antivirus.about.com/od/antivi.../aatpavwin.htm
>

And I have yet to see the two Microsoft ranked above the free ones.

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