Windows Defender in Windows 7 is meant to provide some basic protection until an Anti-Virus program is installed. IMO it's a good idea to give the user the free choice which Anti-Virus program he/she wants to install... I doubt that Microsoft will put any more thought into anything concerning Windows 7. More @Wikipedia
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