Today’s video goes over a utility that comes packaged with Windows Vista called Windows Defender. Windows Defender is designed to run in the background periodically and scan for known malicious software such as spyware. Well, if you have been following this series, you’ve already installed a piece of software that will do that for you and you don’t need to have it automatically run and take up resources at random times of the day. For this reason, it is a good idea to simply disable Windows Defender if you don’t want to bother having it run. I know I don’t bother, because it really isn’t very good protection software anyway, why keep it running?
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Craig received his degree in Informatics with a cognate in Business from Indiana University: South Bend in 2008. Craig lives with his wife and daughter in South Bend, Indiana near Notre Dame. Craig is currently employed by Precision Electric, Inc. and acts as the chief Information Technology Manager. With a passion for teaching and technology, he founded The PCMichiana Tech Help Show in Fall 2009. His focus is teaching users of all backgrounds how to learn technology while having fun.
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