On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:29:01 -0700, AliceZ
<AliceZ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I downloaded the new update for Defender and before I ran the scan I happened
>to look in the history and saw the following.
>#1- Is it anything to worry about?
>#2- What should I do?
>#3- Clear History?
>
>I am so new to Vista and all it's controls, etc. Possibly it is a program I
>allowed to download during my operation of the computer and wanted to
>download a program such as AVG 8, that asked for my permission to download,
>etc.?
>
>http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/2...historyue2.jpg
>http://img254.imageshack.us/my.php?i...historyue2.jpg
>
>In case you cannot see image, here is what it says:
>
>Name: Unknown
>Alert level: Unknown
>Action Taken: Permit
>Date 8/25/08
>Status: Succeeded
>
>Description: This program has potentially unwanted behavior.
>Advice Permit this detected item only if you trust the program or the
>software publisher.
>Resources:
>iemain:
>HKCU@S-1-5-21-224911762-413513904-3572177190-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\\Start Page
>Category:
>Not Yet Classified
>Clear History
>
>Thank you
>Alice


Apparently YOU permitted Vista to download and/or install something it
didn't know, which sort of defeats the purpose of Defender since it is
suppose to be some crude malware blocker/firewall defense. If that's
what you did, and it was a virus, worm or trojan, likely whatever
damage it could do was already done. If you have a anti-virus, malware
program run it and see what it says. Chances are it is nothing to
worry about... but you never know.