O/T Defender Pro 2008 Heads Up

Goose · May 31, 2008

I just found out the hard way that Defender Pro 2008 anti-virus software as sold by Walmart is NOT compatible with some of Microsoft's recent updates. If you run it, your computer will go ape. This was admitted to me by a techie from Defender Pro.

I'm now on my wife's computer while mine is in the shop being fixed. (Hopefully).

Coloken · May 31, 2008

Thanks, but why in the world would any one allow Microsoft to "update" their computer? Russian roulette.

Bob · May 31, 2008

It's FUNNY when the "CURE" is worse than the disease!

Most anti-virus products act like a virus themselves.

And, then there's "MightGoSoft"!

Fawteen · May 31, 2008

Quote from a techie buddy of mine:

"The day Microsoft sells something that doesn't suck is the day they start selling vacuums."

Anonymous-0 · Jun 1, 2008

Goose,I found out the exact same thing two years ago. I have a copy of Defender Pro 5-in-1 sitting on my desk right now that cost me $19.77 back in 2006. It was a horrible experience. It slowed my computer right down to a crawl and was basically starting to ruin it right in front of my eyes. I was lucky enough to get it uninstalled and got mine back to normal. I was trying to get rid of a trojan virus that I had. I ended up using spyware doctor and that worked. Now I haven't had any problems with those trojan viruses for a long time. If the computer acts up, which is very rare, I just do a system restore to an earlier date. So I guess I can throw the box of Defender pro in the trash! Been sitting here since 2006 for no good reason.

O/T Defender Pro 2008 Heads Up

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