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I am helping a friend. Right now I am not at his place and have not all information in front of me, sorry for that. At some later time I will continue there, but now I am collecting all help and information I can get. It goes about this: The download of W10 completes, Preparing for Install...

I was using my computer like normal and everything was fine, couldn't connect to a friend's WiFi so I restarted my computer. It took over 30 minutes to boot back up, with half that time being on my desktop loading applications. Everything that I tried to click was being very slow. I Ctrl-Alt-Del...

I looked at the Pauli/Drew exchange from 2013 and since my question is the WD/Avast/Malwarebytes but is now concerning the new Win 10 I am posting my question below> I am trying out the Win 10 upgrade from Win 7 and I noticed that Windows Defender is turned off. I am using Avast and...

A PDF version of the latest Threat Intelligence report on the MMPC website Link Removed

A PDF version of the latest Threat Intelligence report on the MMPC website Link Removed

I used to use Microsoft Essentials for anti-virus. Seems that with 10 this has now become defender. My question is :- Windows update is supposed to update Defender, but the last definition file is dated 8th August - the day after I upgraded to 10. Essentials used to update on a daily basis...

Today, we’re sharing more on security in Windows 10. Windows 10 has more built-in security protections to help safeguard you against viruses, phishing, and malware, it’s the most secure Windows ever. New features are now delivered through automatic updates, helping you to stay current and your...

There was once a time when you might only expect to pick up some malicious software on certain types of websites. It seems now, almost anywhere might expose you to such things. I was doing something as innocent as looking for the radio frequencies used in Microwave ovens and ended up getting...

Hi I am using a Surface Pro 3 with Windows 8.1 - all drivers are up to date. Network Adaptor is a Marvell AVASTAR Wireless-AC Network Controller. Recently I've experienced issues with Internet Connectivity. Internet access has always worked from the IE tile, connectivity shows as working and...

As of the last few days windows defender will not open or start up and has turned off spyware and virus protection. In the bottom corner of the screen is a flag saying i have 2 PC issues to be solved, which is turning on virus and spyware protection. When i click on it to turn them on an error...

Would you help, please? every time I run AdwCleaner, v9.com is always being found. this is very persistent.. I even run Mbam, Windows Defender, MSERT.. only AdwCleaner find this. I always clean it as suggested by AdwCleaner... Below is the detail...

I have been running windows10 for almost a year. Im an old retired coder with 45 years under my belt. Until windows 10 came along ( this latest build) I had little love for windows. That has changed. Windows 10 is awesome, Microsoft finally got it right. Uninstall all your tuneup software and...

HP Pavilion g6 laptop running Windows 7 Home Premium. For approximately the last week+ (maybe May 10 or so), we have been getting the BSOD immediately following the installation of the latest Windows updates (46 required, 7 optional). We have had to restart the computer in safe mode and do a...

I am not comfortable with the way it is going. Said it was 100% downloaded and then started checking for updates. It then downloaded two updates for windows defender and now is starting to download all over again. Now it is downloading another Windows Defender update with Build 10122.

Windows defender detected an attack and after it has been removed I am unable to access "my computer, my documents, folders I have created etc". I still have access to things such as icons on my desktop that are for games and programs but anything for file access and viewing that I get that I do...

Hi This is it, it's all I get.... Link Removed It sits like this for a while and then closes. I've also noticed that Windows Defender never runs a scan on it's own, instead I give me a notice that "Your computer may be unprotected" and I have to open it and tell it to run. I looked for...

Microsoft say that Windows Defender in Windows 8 and 8.1 is strong enough and there no need to other Internet Security software. Is this true?

Windows Defender Software automatically updated on my Dell Venue 8 Pro, which is preloaded with Windows 8.1. When I wanted to shut down my tablet, I chose the option to install updates and for it to shut down afterwards. The next morning I switched my tablet on, the BSOD appeared with an error...

My first problem is that, apparently, you cannot make the screen brighter on some lenovo laptops with windows 8. The Brightness- button is working, but once you make the screen dimmer, you cannot make it bright again using the brightness settings. I found out however that you can revert by...

Microsoft really needs to improve it's various security, both in it's software and on it's websites, before it thinks about releasing Windows 10. I'm by no mean's a Microsoft hater. I've used Windows since 1995 with my 1st pc that had Windows 95, I've use 95, XP, Vista, 8, 8.1 and 10. I've also...