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virus protection confusion

Discussion in 'Security and Privacy' started by abx, 2005/11/30.

  1. 2005/11/30
    abx

    abx Inactive Thread Starter

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    I have Trend Micro installed on my Windows XP computer. This service, which is highly recommended, gives me very good virus protection. I understand that Service Pack 2 for Windows XP (and Windows Vista, due out in 2006) has virus protection in it. If I were to download Service Pack 2 (or get Windows Vista next year) would that frustrate my Trend Micro? How would my computer know which virus protection software to use? Thank you.
     
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    Arie

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    There is no virus protection build into Windows XP SP2, and there probably won't be in Vista either.

    Probably you can get A/V protection with Windows OneCare, which will be subscription based (i.e. $$).
     
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    Newt

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    But you do want to get XP SP2 loaded. It has lots of the security holes from earlier versions closed and it a much more secure OS version.
     
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