On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 7:36 PM, Ryan Johnson <ryan.johnson@cs.utoronto.ca> wrote: <snip> >>>> 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. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple