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Microsoft security essentials virus scan.
CathWales
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in Techie Stuff
Hi
I've been using MS Security Essentails for a while and used to scan my laptop (running Vista) weekly but used to get an 'at risk' warning which said I had to scan my pc as i hadn't run a scan for a while, so i changed the schedule to daily, but it still tells me (like now as I am running a scan) that i haven't scanned in a while. It always comes up with no viruses but am wondering if I should be trying something else. Scan also takes a few hours even tho I don't think there is that much on my laptop. Any advice please? Thank You.
I've been using MS Security Essentails for a while and used to scan my laptop (running Vista) weekly but used to get an 'at risk' warning which said I had to scan my pc as i hadn't run a scan for a while, so i changed the schedule to daily, but it still tells me (like now as I am running a scan) that i haven't scanned in a while. It always comes up with no viruses but am wondering if I should be trying something else. Scan also takes a few hours even tho I don't think there is that much on my laptop. Any advice please? Thank You.
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Try avast 6 free instead.
With a resident scanner you shouldn't need to do manual scans, unless you suspect a problem, as viruses should be picked up on access.!!
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