[gui-talk] Fwd: Article: Microsoft releasesfreeantivirussoftware

Fri Oct 2 07:54:05 UTC 2009

Hi,

If your current system is working fine why not leave it alone?

Chris

On Thu, 1 Oct 2009 11:46:18 -0700
"Joel Deutsch" <jdeutsch at dslextreme.com> wrote:

> So I uninstall Avast! antivirus program plus Super Anti Spyware, leave 
> Windows Defender alone because this new thing recognizes and incorpirates 
> it. Do I have it straight, now?
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ray Foret jr" <rforetjr at comcast.net>
> To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 11:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Fwd: Article: Microsoft 
> releasesfreeantivirussoftware
> 
> 
> Okay, I need to correct myself on one major thing.  Security Essentials
> takes over Windows Defender's functionality and turns it off.  So, in short,
> all you need is one software; Security essentials.
> And yes, get rid of Super Anti Spyware too, if you like.  Now, al although
> you can in fact still use Windows Defender and Security Essentials together,
> Security Essentials protects both against against spyware and viruses too.
> This fact is made clear when you go through your scanning schedule tab.  It
> checks for and uses both anti virus and anti   spyware definitions.
> 
> HTH.
> 
> Sincerely,
> The Constantly BAREFOOTED Ray
> 
> "Old friend, what are you looking for?  After those many years abroad you
> come With images you tended Under foreign skies Far away from your own land"
> George Seferis
> 
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> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Joel Deutsch" <jdeutsch at dslextreme.com>
> To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 11:01 AM
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Fwd: Article: Microsoft
> releasesfreeantivirussoftware
> 
> 
> Ray,
> 
> Okay. So if I install this baby, you're saying I should uninstall both
> Avast! antivirus and Super Anti Spyware, but leave Windows Defender alone.
> Then install this new thing.
> 
> Am I understanding you correctly?you didn't say anything about what to do
> with Super Anti-Spyware.
> 
> 
> Thanks.
> i
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ray Foret jr" <rforetjr at comcast.net>
> To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 12:39 AM
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Fwd: Article: Microsoft
> releasesfreeantivirussoftware
> 
> 
> Wait!!!!  Not so fast Joel.  You're making much too much work for yourself
> my friend.  You need only remove your current anti virus program.  By all
> means, keep Windows Defender.  What is way cool about the UI for both
> Windows Defender and Security Essentials is the fact that everything is in
> tab order.  Everything reads fine without having to change the way screen
> readers focus on the application and it's literally right at your finger
> tips the entire time.  Don't let the surface simplicity of the UI deceive
> you in to believing that it's not a thorough or flexible program.  Take a
> look at the various tabs in Security Essentials, for example, and you'll
> quickly come to appreciate the tremendous flexibility that's really under
> the hood; for those like me who care to delve in to such advanced
> flexibility.  But not to worry.  IF you don't want to get in to all that,
> you don't have to.  Why?  Because the basic stuff is absolutely right where
> you need it fastest.
>  HTH.
> 
> PS.  The installation took less than 30 seconds; literally.
> 
> Sincerely,
> The Constantly BAREFOOTED Ray
> 
> "Old friend, what are you looking for?  After those many years abroad you
> come With images you tended Under foreign skies Far away from your own land"
> George Seferis
> 
> Phone or Fax::
> +1 (985) 360-3614
> Cell:
> +1 (985) 791-2938
> e-mail:
> rforetjratcomcastdotnet
> Skype Name:
> barefootedray
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Joel Deutsch" <jdeutsch at dslextreme.com>
> To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 11:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Fwd: Article: Microsoft
> releasesfreeantivirussoftware
> 
> 
> Ray and you other guys who are trying out this MS antivirus and antispyware
> program:
> 
> I'm currently using, let's see, Avast! free edition for antivirus and Super
> Anti Spyware for spyware. I also have Windows Defender turned on, although I
> forget how I did that. Apparently, none of this combination involves any
> conflicts.
> 
> But what about if you download and install this new thing? Can you do that
> and not bother removing the others I mention, including Windows Defender? Or
> ought I to uninstall all of them if I'm going to run this new MS deal? And
> if I do that, will the new program be adequate to quell my conscience about
> using it, and only it?
> 
> Thanks. I'm encouraged by Ray's comments, below, as I'm not that technically
> astute nor especially patient and I'm not fascinated to spend hours learning
> to understand and use software. I mean, obviously I can learn what I have
> to, or else I'd be a real Jaws dummy and so forth, which I'm not.but as I
> say, spending hours and hours on a tech learning curve just ain't my idea of
> how to spend whatever time I've got left on this planet, y'all.
> 
> Sincerely, wearing white quarter socks and old, half-collapsed Sperry
> Topsiders,
> Joel
>  : "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 7:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Fwd: Article: Microsoft
> releasesfreeantivirussoftware
> 
> 
> Got it.  Works great so far.  Am still testing to see how much faster my
> machine is now, but, I just love the UI!
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Wayne Merritt" <wcmerritt at gmail.com>
> To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 9:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Fwd: Article: Microsoft releases
> freeantivirussoftware
> 
> 
> Refer to the Blind Access Journal at
> www.blindaccessjournal.com
> for a more detailed escription and direct link on how to get the program.
> 
> Wayne
> 
> On 9/30/09, Ray Foret jr <rforetjr at comcast.net> wrote:
> > Just how did you download the program?  I went to the Microsoft Security
> > Essentials web site and I could not find anywhere on the page where a
> > download button was or anything like that.  It's like it isn't there at
> > all?
> > What good's the program if It's not easy to find the blasted download link
> > or button?
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > The Constantly BAREFOOTED Ray
> >
> > "Old friend, what are you looking for?  After those many years abroad you
> > come With images you tended Under foreign skies Far away from your own
> > land"
> > George Seferis
> >
> > Phone or Fax::
> > +1 (985) 360-3614
> > Cell:
> > +1 (985) 791-2938
> > e-mail:
> > rforetjratcomcastdotnet
> > Skype Name:
> > barefootedray
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dave Marthouse" <dmart at pure.net>
> > To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 2:38 PM
> > Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Fwd: Article: Microsoft releases free
> > antivirussoftware
> >
> >
> > I downloaded the program and it is accessible with Jaws.  I am going to
> > stick my neck out and say that it probably works with WindowEyes as well.
> >
> > Dave Marthouse
> > dmart at pure.net
> >
> >
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