Windows Defender

I've looked absolutely everywhere and cannot find answers. My windows defender, when I go to the Virus & threat protection tab that youd usually go to to access "turn off/on realtime protection" it doesnt let me access any of the settings with a message in red that states. "Your virus and threat...

Can you easily toggle back & forth between Avast & Windows Defender in Windows 10?

I was on my computer and I pushed this thing and my compurer shut down and now I cant get onto chrome and I have windows defender and I want my screen to go back to normal pls help me I don't know that much about computers

I just installed msi live update from msi's website and ran the live update scan, after it downloaded Network manager Windows defender says that it quarantined a file called Trojan:Win32/Zpedvo.A Should I remove this file? Is it malicious or a driver file? Msi says that I need to disable...

So ive had a subscription to malwarebytes for over a year and a half now (subscription will be ending in a few months). Ive not had any problems with the computer at all. However, i heard people saying that malwarebytes isnt a good enough stand alone virus detector and that its a good idea to...

I have a Windows 10 (pro) been using it for 1 year now, can I count on my windows defender (built-in antivirus) or should I buy one? like, is the windows built-in anti-virus enough?

Every few weeks when i start up my computer this pops up, windows defender says nothing's wrong. should I be worried? edit: turns out it was a corrupted file that usually comes with lenovo computers, thanks for the help everyone.

I thought I had it running properly at last. I got to grips with Windows Defender after getting all updates and hopefully drives. I've asked on a thread but no reply as yet. I then installed avast free anti virus and done the cleanup as well by subscribing. I thought after this it was all go but...

Will windows defender clash with avast antivirus. Can I run both at same time.

Hi, So yesterday Windows Defender notified me saying it found Bluteal.B!rfn trojan which I got it to quarantine and then remove. I couldn't find a lot of info after googling the trojan so decided to hopefully get some advice here. I received the notification about the trojan when I was loading...

For some reason, every 30 mins or so, a random tab opens up on Google Chrome. It has inappropriate ads, or pictures. I tried uninstalling/reinstalling Chrome, using the Google Chrome clean up utility, resetting Chrome, and running Windows Defender scans, bit it hasn't stopped. Please help, what...

Hi, Recently my laptop was infected by some malware and I used various programs to remove the infections "Malwarebytes, Eset online scanner, Superantispyware and AdwCleaner" but now I can't turn back Windows Defender (I'm on Windows 10) and each time I try I get the message "This app is turned...

I received a virus report after using shorte.st miner for a few days from windows defender (so I dont know how reliable that is) but I wanted to uninstall it either wary to be safe but when I tried to do so there was no way for me to do that. No uninstall file, not found in ccleaner as a program...

Although developers of OSes advertise that their latest offering is technologically advanced and the most secure OS that has ever graced the market, there’s no telling what people on the other end of your system are capable of doing. Give them enough time and they can find an intrusion point...

So I have an Acer Aspire Es 14 and I tried to disable my windows defender and my anti virus to download this application. After that I cant open any apps anymore on my desktop, so i thought maybe i should restart it. After restarting and the startup is done this showed up: PS: I havent...

is it ok to have windows defender and Malwarebytes on the same pc

Hi, I have a problem with every browser crashing when I search for specific keywords like "adw", "adware" or "rogue" for example. It happens to every browser and I can't seem to find the problem. I can't open cmd or adwcleaner in normal mode but I've run then in safe mode. I've used...

Does Windows Defender turn Malwarebytes realtime web protection off? I have Malwarebytes Premium and Windows 10. Every time I switch Malwarebytes realtime web protection ON, it turns on for a split second, then turns off. I cannot make it stay on. Does Windows Defender do this? All other...

Just as title states my cpu fan went insane recently. Just turned on my PC today and the CPU fan noise gradually raised from silent to extremely noisy in few minutes. However CPU usage is around 0-2%. Before you post that it's not CPU fan, I'd like to let you know that my PC doesn't have any...

I'm pretty sure I have a virus/malware but all the scans I made was ok. It all started earlier when windows 10 informed me that my anti virus bitdefender smart security is off. I reset my pc, tried to re-launch it, tried in safe mode but there still an error. I contacted them and waiting for a...