kapsersky 2010 & windows defender running together

[DAIPWYSO]

Hi All. I've now installed Kaspersky 2010 internet security on my PC (XP+SP3) now using Motzilla Firefox and it's all working fine.Have also put Kaspersky 2010 on Kate's laptop (Vista) using windows explorer and it's painfully slow. I noticed that in security centre 'windows defender' is running as well as Kaspersky.Is this correct? Is it the cause of the slow web browsing? Can I just disable windows defender?Your help would be appreciated (again)Many thanks in anticipation Dave

[TJolly]

Hi,

 

Delete Windows Defender and you should be good to go.

[muppet rebecca]

Yer get rid of windows defender or at least disable it and you should be back up and running.

[DAIPWYSO]

Thanks TJolly & Muppet. I'll disable Defender and let you know how it goes.

Thanks Dave

[DAIPWYSO]

Sorry for the delay.

I disabled Defender and Kate reckons browsing is much faster now.

Many thanks to everyone, Dave

[Dalo Harkin]

When you say that you have Kaspersky 2010, do you just have the AV or the suite.

The AV only protects against Virus's and not spyware/malware.

If you have the suite then yes, you should not have that and Windows Defender running at the same time.

[DAIPWYSO]

Hi Dalo Harkin

Sorry for the delay again (I didn't expect any further activity on this thread)

We are running the Kaspersky total security suite.

And so far it appears to be doing its job very well.

Thanks for the advice, Dave

[KenB]

Hi Dave,

 

You should be able to run the two programs together.

Windows Defender is not an AV ( you wouldn't run two AVs on the same system ).

Try disabling it and see if the system speeds up.

 

I have Defender turned off and use MalwareBytes.

 

How much RAM do you have in the problem pc ?

 

EDIT

sorry - added to the thread without seeing the other replies :)

Edited December 23, 2009 by KenB