Windows Defender

Few days back I turned it off completely using group edit policy but now when I try to put on the real time protection slider it ask`s for permission but then nothing happens. Is my pc infected with malware ?(I have no other anti-virus installed and i am running on Win 10 pro v1703)

I removed all the viruses from my computer, I scanned my computer with multiple anti-virus software, such as mcaffee, norton antivirus, a big scan from windows defender, and big scan from malwarebytes, but there are still tabs trying to open up whenever I browse the web, everytime I click...

Hey Tomshardware. So i usually download Avast as one of the first things when downloading a new PC. I'm just wondering since Windows 10 had some sort of update to ''Windows Defender Security Center'' if it's okay to just stick to that? Or is it still required to download Third Party Anti-Virus...

I'm not very good with computers but when I try to turn on windows defender it tell me ''This application has been turned off and isn't monitoring your computer.'' ''If you're using another app to check for malicious or unwanted software, use Security and Maintenance to check that app's...

I am using Windows 10 pro 64 bit on my machine, I got a message from my Windows Defender Program about a Trojan malware in certain DLL file and asked me to restart to remove it, I carelessly restarted the system and got some error message(Again I was careless enough to ignore it whatever the...

How do I get rid of random tabs showing up? I used Windows Defender it said its a Trojan, but then it said it was taken away because I used the clean tool, but its still showing up. So then I used AdwCleaner (Malwarebytes) it detected around 80 viruses and got rid of them, but the adds still...

i used to use avg and just got a new rig. Should i get avira? I stopped with avg on my last rig because it was annoying. But i heard avira is good. I'm always skeptical and ocd about this type of stuff. Any ideas/advice would be much appreciated

EDIT: Found the solution, just a little mistake. --------------------------------------- I'm getting Error 577 when attempting to manually start Windows Defender: https://i.imgur.com/OaEfyPu.png Only Anti-virus related software I have is Malwarebytes and SUPERAntiSpyware (both are Free...

So recently i got a nasty couple of viruses and trojans, and this "disabled" windows defender so i had to download other anti viruses to get rid of the viruses, it worked and now my pc is fine and i uninstalled the third party anti virus programs. But now when ever i got to launch windows...

the suspicious folder is named camitasot and these are the files inside of it! 1. chrome-extension.localstorage 2. dadoni.dat 3. setup.exe   I'm running windows 10 creators update and windows defender, and Malwarebytes cant detect them!

So after scanning my pc, I found this: https://gyazo.com/e6a08e8fea8e2112c02d3b9549e66738 then when I clicked on "see threat details" I get sent to this: https://gyazo.com/2071f6712e18743e091e19d2fa31aecb What????? can someone explain this thanks Update: After I re scanned, I found no threats

Hello, I currently have Windows 10 Creators edition with the installed windows defender and CC cleaner as well me cleaner. Any thoughts on if this is enough or and suggestions on free antivirus software but the last one i tried was SPYBOT, but when i downloaded it it turned off windows Defender...

Is it possible to have both Malwarebytes and windows defender on and working at the same time? If so, how? If not, which one?

So recently I downloaded a rather malware bloated torrent and now I cant open up any antivirus program, it just says, "the requested resource is in use". I tried safe mode boot and rkill and both dont do anything in terms of being able to disable the virus, also before you say windows defender...

Random new tabs open on chrome, usually about every 40~ minutes, even if chrome is closed, happens with no other browser, only solution I have found so far is to uninstall chrome. It began about 2 weeks ago, I've no idea from what I got the adware or whatever it is but I have not been able to...

The question is pretty much in the title, I was curious as I'm getting my foot in the door with all this IT business, currently training for A+ cert etc, whenever I have a virus or anything that looks like it could be a virus I run windows defender, how come it costs so much for these businesses...

HELP!!!! a couple of days ago while going through my Toshiba laptop that my 17 year old has been for the most part been the only one using a popup said that windows installed new updates and neede to restart so I restarted it. Well needless to say that once it restarted I got the message...

Defender says another Antivirus is handling my PC but I DO NOT HAVE ANY ANTIVIRUS INSTALLED . Please help, its not switching on too!

I have spent the past couple of days installing a clean install of Windows 8.1 Pro 64 bit and installing all of my programs, apps, etc. On my previous OS, I had both Malwarebytes and Windows Defender running. Now when I click on the Windows Defender icon on my desktop, it says "This app has...

I clicked on a link for a game thinking it would just take me to a post and it took me to a log in screen for the game. It looked odd so I check the site on Sucuri and it said it was malware infected. I didn't enter any information on the site I just closed it and delete my temp internet files...