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Old 03-24-2010, 11:00 AM
Jason Dunn
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Default Microsoft Makes Things Confusing with Security Essentials

I installed Windows 7 Home Premium on a netbook I was selling to someone, and I wanted to include anti-virus protection, but didn't want to bog the little thing down. I opted to install Microsoft Security Essentials. As far as AV protection goes, it's fairly light-weight. After installing the software, I was looking in the Action Center, and was surprised to see this message:

It's a bit confusing to show users text about running two antivirus programs, then provide a link telling the user they are in fact running two antivirus programs on the computer. When you click on the link, this is what you see:

Pretty strange, no? This is the default configuration of Microsoft Security Essentials - I didn't change a thing, and this is a 100% vanilla install of Windows 7, with zero third-party apps installed. I don't know why Microsoft would have the configuration work this way, but I can see the average consumer being confused by this. Come on Microsoft, you can do better than this!

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Old 03-24-2010, 02:09 PM
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That is a little confusing. Mine shows Windows Defender as being off, not a second MSE install. The difference is likely related to when/how I installed MSE. Regardless, this is a bit wonky. Off with their heads!!
 
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Old 03-24-2010, 08:24 PM
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That is a little confusing. Mine shows Windows Defender as being off, not a second MSE install.
Yeah, I saw Defender being off somewhere else on that netbook as well...
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Old 03-25-2010, 01:36 AM
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It is the latest advance in quantum virus protection it is both on and off at the same time.
 
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