[gui-talk] Fwd: Article: Microsoft releasesfreeantivirussoftware

Chris Hallsworth christopherh40 at googlemail.com
Fri Oct 2 08:41:42 UTC 2009 

Because we probably want to try it? 



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-----Original Message-----
From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Chris G
Sent: 02 October 2009 8:54 AM
To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Fwd: Article: Microsoft
releasesfreeantivirussoftware

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
> 
> Phone or Fax::
> +1 (985) 360-3614
> Cell:
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> e-mail:
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> Skype Name:
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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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