[gtorich]

Just wondering ive had my new puter for about a year now, i have the MSE on it and i run a full scan usually once a week on it.............question i have nothing ever seems to come up on the screen when done, i look into the history of what was detected, Nothing.

Puter seems to run good, but when i had McAfee, every time i did i scan on that, seemed like i had a million problems, they fixed this or that or whatever.

Am i doing something wrong here. LOL

Thanks

Rich

[Blackcat]

if your searching and looking at certain sites your going to get things you don't need on your computer. Add-ware and Viruses abound in the net. Stick to safe sites and known ones and you will have less issues.

[ponjohn]

One thing I have laerned is, not one company seems to provide the best protection. If you install several different programs this is the best protection.

A lot of times competitors will only install if you remove the other.

I now run Norton and it is pretty good. Years ago I swore it off becasue it slowed the computer down so much. Seems they've gotten a lot better in detecting problems while running in the background.

[chrisinestes]

I've used Norton, McCafee, AVG, & Bit Defender over the years. Everyone of those has caused trouble for me at some point. I've run MSE now for a couple years, and haven't had any problem with it. On occasion, it claims to have found an issue and corrected it. I'm careful where I go online, and I have my Windows Safety & Security settings set 1 notch below maximum.

So far, so good with MSE... I think

[gtorich]

Thanks guys, im usually watching where im going on sites, usually car stuff, e bay, craigsligt, that type of thing..........but thats what i always did in the past, and it seemed i was having issues as far as MaAfee & Norton correcting things.

I see i have something called Windows Defender, said it wasn"t on, i hit the on button, but nothinging seemed to happen.

Guess im somewhat parnoid that nothing has showned up in quite awhile.......well thats good. LOL

Rich

[Silver Judge]

have you quit checking out porn sites?

[gtorich]

Originally Posted by Silver Judge

have you quit checking out porn sites?

LOL, im having trouble comming up with $$$$ for car parts, let alone porn sites.

Ever since i retired 6 years ago, ma ma has cut me off the "money gravey train", thats just not right............im gonna have her google the word "Overtime", i don"t think she knows what that means. LOL

Rich

[chrisinestes]

Originally Posted by gtorich

Thanks guys, im usually watching where im going on sites, usually car stuff, e bay, craigsligt, that type of thing..........but thats what i always did in the past, and it seemed i was having issues as far as MaAfee & Norton correcting things.

I see i have something called Windows Defender, said it wasn"t on, i hit the on button, but nothinging seemed to happen.

Guess im somewhat parnoid that nothing has showned up in quite awhile.......well thats good. LOL

Rich

Windows Defender is (supposed to be) disabled when you install MSE. Here's a link that has some info about Windows Defender and MSE.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/p...f-0dcedb9ab9fd

[gtorich]

Originally Posted by chrisinestes

Windows Defender is (supposed to be) disabled when you install MSE. Here's a link that has some info about Windows Defender and MSE.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/p...f-0dcedb9ab9fd

Big thanks man, good thing you boys are here to straighten my dumb a$$ out.

Rich

[chrisinestes]

Originally Posted by gtorich

Big thanks man, good thing you boys are here to straighten my dumb a$$ out.

Rich

Glad I could be of some use here. I just barely know how my computers work. I just happened to know that 1 particular thing... haha.

My computer question to answer ratio is about 99:1

[andyg]

Originally Posted by chrisinestes

Windows Defender is (supposed to be) disabled when you install MSE. Here's a link that has some info about Windows Defender and MSE.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/p...f-0dcedb9ab9fd

If you read the one comment on there that says that 2 running services for realtime protection cause problems, that is a good tip to heed. I see all the time where computers have multiple programs running on them, well they are morprone to infection and run like garbage. Run just 1 good program and you will be fine if you practice safe surfing.

[KS circutguy]

Excellent point andyg,
Only run 1 anti - virus program on your PC.
Also avoid using windows Explorer, run Firefox or Chrome to avoid more exploits on the internet.
BTW;Both Firefox and Chrome self update now