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Re: Strange freezing in emacs
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 7:36 PM, Ryan Johnson
<ryan.johnson@cs.utoronto.ca> wrote:
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>>
>> Have you disabled Windows Defender?
>
> !!! It silently reinstalled itself at some point, or (just as likely) it
> just lied about leaving the first time. Stopped, disabled, rebooted, all is
> well.
>
> Does anybody know how to really uninstall Windows Defender? None of the tips
> I can find online seem effective. It's like a virus the way it keeps
> sneaking back!
>
> Meanwhile, I guess I'll just have to puppy guard the darn thing.
>
> Thanks again,
> Ryan
Have you checked the registry for left over references to it after an
uninstall? the right orphan reg entry after an uninstalled windows
update can silently reinstall it.
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