With the free Windows Defender, Microsoft offers its own solution against spyware and Trojan attacks. The program works in the background and checks the computer both in real time and at specified times.
Windows Defender comes with all Windows Vista and Windows 7 versions. The freeware updates the spyware signatures daily and monitored in the background on the data traffic on the PC from the system startup. Suspicious software displays the freeware in a message window.
Even with changes in the firewall options or other interventions in the system settings suggests Windows Defender alarm. In a dialog box, the user decides whether the anti spyware software neutralizes the file in question or whether it is a desired change. Optional Windows Defender offers to participate in SpyNet. It is a network of anti-spyware users who report suspicious files.
Conclusion
Windows Defender is standard on newer systems with it. The hit rate corresponds to the usual security software standards. The background service is proving to be inconspicuous and interferes in everyday life not by slowing down of the system nor by frequent error messages.
Benefits
runs discreetly in the background
updated and waits largely self-
Disadvantages
not a complete anti-virus protection
