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is windows defender any good

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  • ARTHUR
    ARTHUR Posts: 210 Forumite
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    okay I will follow your advice and forget about windows defender and get the paid for version of super antispyware
  • closed
    closed Posts: 10,886 Forumite
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    which virus scanner were you using when you got infected?
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  • ARTHUR
    ARTHUR Posts: 210 Forumite
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    closed wrote: »
    which virus scanner were you using when you got infected?
    my antivirus was Avira free edition which has been really good up till now but "antivirus 2010" managed to disable my antivirus and software firewall.
    And as already mentioned I used super antispyware free, malware bytes free, spybot s & b free for spyware protection.
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
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    Hard to say for sure, but chances are it came through a website

    Youd be much better using FIREFOX with the NOSCRIPT plugin to stop things like that
    :idea:
  • eslick
    eslick Posts: 2,062 Forumite
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    aliEnRIK wrote: »
    Youd be much better using FIREFOX with the NOSCRIPT plugin to stop things like that

    saw this mentioned a few times, how do you check if you have the noscript plugin. using 3.6 at the moment. thanks
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
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    eslick wrote: »
    saw this mentioned a few times, how do you check if you have the noscript plugin. using 3.6 at the moment. thanks

    if you dont know then you dont have it

    Available here ~
    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722
    :idea:
  • mdean
    mdean Posts: 189 Forumite
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    aliEnRIK wrote: »
    if you dont know then you dont have it

    Available here ~
    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722

    Click tools then add ons to check what you already have
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
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    mdean wrote: »
    Click tools then add ons to check what you already have

    I was correct the first time
    You cant possibly have noscript and not know its there as most websites simply wouldnt run correctly
    :idea:
  • ARTHUR
    ARTHUR Posts: 210 Forumite
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    aliEnRIK wrote: »
    Hard to say for sure, but chances are it came through a website

    Youd be much better using FIREFOX with the NOSCRIPT plugin to stop things like that
    yes it did - I was surfing the internet using I.E 7 when the infection started.
    would it be safer to use the AOL browser rather than I.E
  • debitcardmayhem
    debitcardmayhem Posts: 11,863 Forumite
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    ARTHUR wrote: »
    yes it did - I was surfing the internet using I.E 7 when the infection started.
    would it be safer to use the AOL browser rather than I.E

    Preferably use Firefox and Noscript, but at least get IE up to IE8
    🍺 😎 Still grumpy, and No, Cloudflare I am NOT a robot 🤖BUT my responses are now out of my control they are posted via ChatGPT or the latest AI
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