Free virus protection etc. for Windows 10 computer?

[SpaceKadet]

1 minute ago, wgdanson said:

555555. It's Intel's New Unit of Computing, or something like that. An i5 PC in a 4 x 4 inch box. Great as a media centre.

Good one!

So now we can have WAD in a NUC! ?

[howto]

Concerning " System Restore ", here is a handy utility

Restore Point Creator

https://www.toms-world.org/blog/restore_point_creator/

[howto]

46 minutes ago, howto said:

Concerning " System Restore ", here is a handy utility

Restore Point Creator

https://www.toms-world.org/blog/restore_point_creator/

I must withdraw my suggestion for this utility.

While it works very well on a win7 (perhaps also win8.1),

there some serious issues for a win10 system.

The current (and final) version is July 24, 2018 -- Version 7.1 Build 2

 

The statement from the author ...

--= July 24, 2018 -- Version 7.1 Build 2 ==--
This is the final release of System Restore Point Creator. This last version is a build combining most of the changes that occurred in the Public Beta Test Branch before I pulled support for this program back in March of 2018. This release does not change the fact that this program is no longer supported. All forms of contact have been removed from the program, that includes the Official Contact Form and the Crash Submission Form. Obviously I would not want to be contacted for a program that I no longer support.

I recommend that if you need this kind of utility, look somewhere else. System Restore is badly broken and Microsoft appears to have no inclination to fix it. I have tried to fix it myself, bend it to my will, but (sadly) I've been unsuccessful in this endeavor. System Restore is fundamentally broken and I cannot recommend anyone using it. If you need this kind of system utility I recommend using a full system backup suite like Macrium Reflect or any of the other disk imaging utilities that have shown to be far more reliable than System Restore.

 

So there, put a fork in it, it's done.

 

[dallen52]

8 hours ago, Daffy D said:

I have always used Microsoft since before Windows 2000, never bothered with those poor imitations.

 

Through the years I've never had a problem with new versions or updates and upgrades. On the few occasions things went wrong it was always due to my messing with the system and /or trying some new third party add on or program.

 

Regular backups and System Restore always got me out of trouble without significant loss of data.

 

Like "wganson" I don't understand why some people have problems that they blame on M Gates. With the millions of Microsoft users the amount of people having problems are relatively small.  

 

Look to your system.   

I think...

You will find if you run a registry cleaner, there may well be conflicting entries. 

Broken paths etc.

Norton was a shocker for this.

Symantec the same.

You can download a cleaner to do this.

Basically trapped by the software until you scrub it out..

 

The old KISS principal still works the best.

Assume that your operation system is doing it's job. 

That's why you bought it. 

 

Keep

It

Simple

Stupid. 

 

Other software's can be a bit predatory in that they always leave a little something behind.

 

I'm no expert. 

But been around systems and processes for ages.

Most things learning the hard way. 

 

Same deleting files. 

It only removes the reference to the information. 

Not the whole thing. 

 

Edited September 8, 2018 by dallen52

[lvr181]

Best virus protection is:

 

 

Or is that viral protection?  ? 

I used to be confused, now I am lost.

[Jingthing]

On ‎9‎/‎2‎/‎2018 at 12:02 PM, Daffy D said:

Windows Defender for  day to day real time protection.

 

Once a week I run the free Superantispyware, Advanced System care, Glary Utilities and the free Malwarebytes. Just to clean the system out.

 

 

 

I am trying something like this.

 

Deleted McAfee and turned on all of Windows Defender.

 

Installed Superantispyware to manually run occasionally.

 

Installed Malwarebytes to manually run occasionally. The free version includes a 10 day full version that's running constantly. I just turned those features off in case they conflict with Windows Defender.
 

On Advanced System Care and Glary Utilities, don't they do very similar things? Why both? I've used Advanced System Care before.
 

Also installed Iobit Driver booster to occasionally update drivers

 

Edited September 12, 2018 by Jingthing

[Daffy D]

58 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

On Advanced System Care and Glary Utilities, don't they do very similar things? Why both? I've used Advanced System Care before.

Well yes they do but, I have found that Glary Utilities sometime picks up registry entries that's missed by ASC.  Some say to leave the registry alone "you could start WW3 if you mess with it" but I'm a great believer in a clean registry. Anyway you can always do a full Reg back-up if it make you nervous. 

 

Just as an aside I stopped using CCleaner as it didn't do anything extra than these couple of programs.

 

58 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Also installed Iobit Driver booster to occasionally update drivers

Yes me too.

 Left my computer on overnight and got this message from Windows Defender:-

Can't argue with that.