WD turning itself off

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If I reboot I notice that WD has turned itself off. I use XP Home SP3
it is set to be on and to run in background.
 
What antivirus is installed? Many current antivirus solutions, including
some from Symantec, Mcafee, AVG, and Microsoft--will turn Windows Defender
off--this is intentional.
 
I'm having a problem with WD simply turning itself off after it has been
turned on at startup. This usually happens after about an hour of run time.
I'm using XP Svc Pk 3. I'm also running Microsoft Security Essentials.
Maybe I don't need WD if I'm running MSE?
 
jmat said:
I'm having a problem with WD simply turning itself off after it has been
turned on at startup. This usually happens after about an hour of run
time.
I'm using XP Svc Pk 3. I'm also running Microsoft Security Essentials.
Maybe I don't need WD if I'm running MSE?
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Hello:

You're correct that you don't need WD if you're running MSE, as MSE includes
the functionality of WD. And installing MSE should automatically disable WD.

I hope that the regulars here will add any additional information that may
be relevant.

Cheers,
Jerry
 
jmat said:
I'm having a problem with WD simply turning itself off after it has been
turned on at startup. This usually happens after about an hour of run time.
I'm using XP Svc Pk 3. I'm also running Microsoft Security Essentials.
Maybe I don't need WD if I'm running MSE?
Click to expand...
 
Got hit with the most malicious trojan (SECURITY TOOL) which prevents me from
accessing most applications, screws up Windows defender, deactivates System
Restore, plus, plus. The worst part is that it apes Microsoft and prompts you
to connect to remove hundreds of infections. Even if you dont it keeps
popping up EVERY SECOND warning you to to activate it. Defender seems
incapable of catching nor deleting it (I have Defender on Automatic Update
since it was conceived, and also a good anti virus program, which
presumably does not classify Trojans as viruses). In addition to finding a
way to terminate this Trojan without handing goodly sums of hard cash to the
always present hucksters, I found myself
mulling over some obscene thoughts, like

1, Are hackers smarter than Microsoft programmers?
2. Since MS know who they are, what are they doing about it, other than
collecting
large amounts of damages through legal suits?
3. Can Public Prosecutors not charge the culprits with public damage,
invasion of privacy, obtain abstention orders, etc?
4. Are police authorities debarred from taking action?

If all the above appear from a deranged mind they probably are - another
by-product of this monster and the inability of MS's Windows Defender to do
anything constructive (destructive) about it.
"orsteve"
 
Windows Defender is not an antivirus. What antivirus were you running when
you got this infection?

Microsoft does a superior job of providing timely security patches to its
customers. Not all vulnerabilities that cause Windows machines to get
infected are in Microsoft code.

If you are running code from Adobe, Apple, or a host of other vendors, which
interacts with binary files from the Internet, you must keep that software
patched current as well.

I can understand your thoughts--every one of us has probably been there at
some time or another, but the true story is more complex, and less simple to
find who to blame.

The really smart crooks--and you encountered some of them--manage to get the
money and run--there are parts of the world where this is possible.
 
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