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Is IE used by ALL A/V products?

by Jan 13, 2013 4:11AM PST

Do all anti-virus programs depend on Internet explorer? I have had so many problems with IE that I chose Chrome and love it. Current McAfee is so IE-driven that touch screen technology is now inherent in its user interface, making it unusable for older systems.
I would switch to another A/V if it isn't on that chain-gang route. Or are all A/V programs dumping previous UI to leap on the Microsoft wagon?
Admit I cling to XP Pro, SP3, backward-installed into dual core, 2 GB RAM, 230 GB storage; machine not that old. But my needs/wants are simple -- lean and mean!
May have to turn to Apple after 40 some Windows years.

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In a way, yes.
by Forum moderator Jan 13, 2013 4:22AM PST

Since Microsoft burned IE deep into the OS if you ripped all of IE out you would find the OS to fail in many areas. Let me clarify. The OS would be fine. It's all the controls and apps that would be trouble such as add/remove programs, printing and more. The OS would still run. Remember my definition of an OS does not include the USER or APPs.
Bob

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TERRIFIC!
by torchwood12 Jan 14, 2013 12:21AM PST

Thank you for prompt answer -- in depth, too -- understand completely now. Often too busy learning/using things to dig into their full provenance. Wish Microsoft wasn't so sloppy with their code, though. Sigh, sigh.

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You would not write that if
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Jan 14, 2013 12:28AM PST

If you were writing code in say Visual Studio 2008 in say C#. I've had folk think that because of it being a MSFT compiler and .NET the app would be junk or slow.

The results were stellar and made them re-think their position.
Bob

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