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Old September 1st 12, 07:00 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Paul
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Default Windows 8: how to configure windows defender?

JR wrote:
On Sat, 1 Sep 2012 13:40:46 +0100, "Dave-UK" wrote:

"JR" wrote in message ...


The options have been removed. I've found that you can only set a default action when Defender
finds something. You can then choose what you want to happen to the item.


Whaaaat?! Damn, that's crapped up, specially in a network. We want our
users to mess with is as little as possible...
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Plop a copy of EICAR on your Windows 8 test machine, then
you should see this :-)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...nder_EICAR.png

EICAR is a kind of test file for AV tools, to "see if they're awake".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EICAR_test_file

Using that, you can see what a user would see, without really infecting the machine.

Apparently, the control panel for Windows Defender can only be seen
directly, if you have the control panel window in icon view. I can't
verify that right now, so that's something else you can play with.

Paul
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