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Oh crap, Windows did its upgrade thing and now I cant find my virus checker, cant remember what it was called either, Cougar recommended it. I used to run it as the administrator and it's icon sat in the window on the left of the screen and could be seen from the control button. Where has it gone?
MSE? Microsoft Security Essentials?
If you've upgraded to win 10, it's changed it's name to windows defender.
Windows defender
Windows key, then start typing "defender"
^ what they said. Actually quite reasonable built in AV and first AV I've used that isn't crippling the system. Even the formerly well regarded (by me) Avast! and AVG are bloated, nagging, and system slowers these days. Win 10's Defender just sits there and does the job without fuss.
Worth also getting hold of Malwarebytes though to keen on track of malware that Defender might not bother about.
I think Malwarebytes is the one Cougar recommended as that's the one I have.
Depending on the OS, it'll be MSE for Windows 7 and Defender for later incarnations. On W10 (and I think 8 as well?), if you remove a third-party AV then Defender should kick in automatically.
Malwarebytes isn't AV in the classic sense, it's my go-to for removing Malware infections. The Pro version can be used as a prophylactic but I've never bothered myself.
If you type 'security' in the Start menu it should give you something like "Security Center" or "Security & Maintenance" where you can check which AV is registered.
I'd agree with the above, Windows defender is fine, and run malwarbytes periodically or if you have any issues.
Ccleaner is also a good general clean up tool, it doesn't do anything you can't do manually, but it's handy for a one click cleanup of various things.
Windows did its upgrade thing and now I cant find my virus checker, cant remember what it was called either, Cougar recommended it. I used to run it as the administrator and it's icon sat in the window on the left of the screen and could be seen from the control button. Where has it gone?
For some reason MS seem to have decided not to bother with the icon in the task bar anymore. Oldtimer's TFC is a simple & effective cleanup tool, I like CCleaner but TFC is smaller and less intrusive.
I like CCleaner but TFC is smaller and less intrusive.
It's also far less likely to give you sufficient rope to shag up your system. TFC all the way for me.