Patch Lady – Defender makes a change

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So earlier I was helping on a thread in the forum about some issues with failing defender updates on Small Business Server 2011 platforms. [For anyone
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Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher

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Just a quick note regarding this excerpt:

For the rest of us on windows 7, 8.1 and 10, be aware that effective March 1, 2018, if you happen to be running Windows defender on Windows 10 or Microsoft Security Essentials, any software that tries to trick you will be detected and removed.

Windows 8.1 also uses Defender as the full-on antimalware, not MSE.

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Like I said before, as long as Windows Defender turns itself off and stays in the closet when third-party antiviruses are installed, I am happy.

Kaspersky does display notifications asking you to pay to renew your license when it’s about to expire, though. Wouldn’t it be simply ironically amusing (and really, really devastating and problematic) if Windows Defender deleted Kaspersky for that? Would that be a breach of anti-competition laws? (I’m no lawyer)

Once again, Microsoft going about their ridiculous scheme to tell users that “We know what’s best for you so just use our products and you don’t need to use anything else”. Um, yeah, no.

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I have Windows Home Server 2011 which is based on Server 2008 R2 and have Windows Defender on the machine.  I didn’t install it but its there and is updating.  It would not set the reg key, so I had to do that manually to get Windows Updates to keep working.

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“Software that tries to trick you”? Oh, so it’ll also block any forced upgrades? (Yes, I’m being facetious, but obviously nobody at Microsoft the irony patch installed in their brains.)

No matter where you go, there you are.

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The irony is running a bit deep. I’m not sure my boots are high enough, may need waders. All the glass at Microsoft must be clear, their Windows do not reflect their own image back for them to recognize where they do the same coercive tactics.

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