Windows Defender no longer supports Windows 2000

Microsoft’s free anti-spyware software Windows Defender no longer supports the vintage Windows 2000 operating system. It never supported the earlier iterations including Windows 98 or Windows Me.

The latest beta version of the security application expired earlier this week and users were told to upgrade to the final version available for free on the company’s website.

Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 users are supported with this latest release but Windows 2000 users are no longer supported.

Microsoft said on this: “Windows Defender no longer supports Windows 2000 as [Windows 2000] went out of mainstream support in June 2005.”

Vista comes preloaded with this application. The retail version of Vista is due to be out later this month.

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