Real-time protection is browser independant. When it is enabled, it runs
continuously and helps protect your entire PC. More detailed information on
real-time protection can be found in the following paper:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/strategy.mspx. I've also
pasted it below:
Windows AntiSpyware provides continuous protection by guarding more than 50
ways Web sites and programs can put spyware on a PC. If known spyware is
detected at these security "checkpoints," it will be blocked. If an unknown
program is detected at a checkpoint, intelligent notifications ask the user
to determine whether to let the program continue. The following types of
agents monitor the security checkpoints:
- Internet agents. These agents help protect against spyware that
makes unauthorized connections to the Internet or changes a PC's Internet
settings such as dial-up or wireless connectivity.
- System agents. These agents help protect against spyware that makes
unauthorized changes to the PC, such as changing password settings, security
permissions, or other critical system settings.
- Application agents. These agents help protect against spyware that
makes changes to applications, such as modifying Internet Explorer by adding
an unwanted toolbar, automatically downloading Internet Explorer add-ons
from the Internet, or starting potentially unwanted programs when the PC is
turned on.
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Zachary Gutt
Technical Product Manager
Microsoft Corporation
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
