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Windows 7: Microsoft Security Essentials???
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04 Jul 2010
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Microsoft Security Essentials???
 Please advise. I am running Microsoft Security Essentials and that is all. I have Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. Should I be running any thing else such as a maleware program?? If so which one do you recommend and how do you install. Thanks again for all your help and cooperation.
Sincerely,
Rottikid  | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Maingear
OS windows 7 Premium
CPU Q9450 2.66Hzx 4
Motherboard NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI Motherboard
Memory Memory 8GB Kingston HyperX 8500 DDR2-1066 (4 x 2GB)
Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8800 GTS 512MB GDDR3
Sound Card Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Titanium Fatality Champion Se
Monitor(s) Displays Lenovo 22’ Thinkvision Resolution 1920 x 1200
PSU : 750W Silverstone Strider Power Supply
Case Silverstone TJ10 Exterior Automotive Color
Cooling Zalman Ultra Quiet CNPS9500 LED 92mm CPU Cooler w/ Copper Ba
Hard Drives Hard Drive One: Western Digital Caviar SE16 1TB 7200RPM 16MB Cache - SATA II
Hard Drive Two: Western Digital Caviar SE16 1TB 7200RPM 16MB Cache - SATA II
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04 Jul 2010
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Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, clean install, upgrade disc CT |
You should use malwarebytes Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware: Malwarebytes
Make sure that your Windows Firewall is activated.
If you are not happy with the Windows Firewall (activate from control panel) let us know and we will suggest others. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell XPS 420
OS Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, clean install, upgrade disc
CPU Intel Core2 processsor Q8200(2.33Ghz 1333FSB) Quad Core Tech
Motherboard Dell
Memory 6 gb
Graphics Card ATI Radeon 256MB HD3650
Sound Card Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
Monitor(s) Displays Dell SP2009W 20"
Keyboard Dell USB Keyboard
Mouse Dell Premium Optical USB
Cooling Fan
Hard Drives 640 GB Serial ATA Hard drive
Internet Speed DSL 2.85
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04 Jul 2010
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Windows 7 Home Premium x64 |
Quote: Originally Posted by rottikid  Please advise. I am running Microsoft Security Essentials and that is all. I have Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. Should I be running any thing else such as a maleware program?? If so which one do you recommend and how do you install. Thanks again for all your help and cooperation.
Sincerely,
Rottikid That's all you need. | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64
CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 3.2GHz
Motherboard Asus P5Q PRO Turbo
Memory 4GB DDR2-800
Graphics Card MSI Radeon HD 5850
Sound Card Creative Labs Audigy2 ZS
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung 225BW
PSU Corsair HX650
Case Antec Nine Hundred
Hard Drives (2) 1TB Samsung F1, (2) 1.5TB Samsung F2, 1TB Samsung F2, 2TB Samsung F3
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04 Jul 2010
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Windows® 8 Pro (64-bit) Mumbai, India |
I agree. Malwarebytes is all you need alongwith MSE. If you use the free version, be sure to update and scan regularly with it. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Samsung NP530U4B-S02IN
OS Windows® 8 Pro (64-bit)
CPU Intel® Core™ i5 Processor 2467M (1.60GHz, 3MB L3 Cache)
Motherboard Samsung Electronics
Memory 6GB DDR3 System Memory at 1,333MHz (on BD 4GB + 2GB x 1)
Graphics Card AMD Radeon™ HD7550M 1GB DDR3 (Ext. Graphic)
Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays 35.56cm (14.0) SuperBright 300nit HD LED Display
Screen Resolution 1366x768
Hard Drives 1TB S-ATA II Hard Drive (5400RPM) with ExpressCache 16GB SSD
Internet Speed sucks
Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser Google Chrome (Sync enabled)
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04 Jul 2010
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Windows 7 Professional 64-bit |
I would get SuperAntiSpyware to run alongside MSE. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number self built
OS Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
CPU Intel E8400 3GHz
Motherboard Intel DX48BT2
Memory Kingston PC3-10700H 4Gb
Graphics Card XFX Radeon HD 5850 BlackEd.
Sound Card Asus Xonar DG
Monitor(s) Displays 2x Samsung SM-T220HD 22"
Screen Resolution 1680x1050 on two monitors
Keyboard Microsoft Comfort Curve USB
Mouse Razer Diamondback 3G
PSU Thermaltake ToughPower 850w
Case Thermaltake Armor
Cooling Scythe Mugen II
Hard Drives OCZ Vertex 2 120gb 3.5" (OS)
Seagate Momentus XT 500gb
Samsung F3 1Tb (games)
2x Samsung F1 1Tb
Internet Speed 8128/443
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04 Jul 2010
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W7-Enterprise + WS-2008 (Converted to Workstation) |
| | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell
OS W7-Enterprise + WS-2008 (Converted to Workstation)
CPU P4 2,4GHz (at 1,8GHz, "slow" RDRAM, only 400MHz FSB...)
Motherboard Intel 850E
Memory 2GB
Graphics Card NVIDIA QUADRO2 PRO 64MB
Sound Card Yes
Monitor(s) Displays Dell 1702FP
Screen Resolution 1280x1024
Keyboard Yes
Mouse Yes, and i also have Cats...
PSU Yes
Case Yes
Cooling Yes
Hard Drives Yes
Internet Speed University: 100 MBit/s, Home: UMTS 7,2 MBit/s
Other Info W7 on a DINOSAUR: P2 with 266MHz CPU & 160MB RAM
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04 Jul 2010
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Thank you all so much for all your help and cooperation. I downloaded Malwarebytes (free version) and yes my Windows Firewall is active. Thanks again.
Sincerely,
Rottikid | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Maingear
OS windows 7 Premium
CPU Q9450 2.66Hzx 4
Motherboard NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI Motherboard
Memory Memory 8GB Kingston HyperX 8500 DDR2-1066 (4 x 2GB)
Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8800 GTS 512MB GDDR3
Sound Card Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Titanium Fatality Champion Se
Monitor(s) Displays Lenovo 22’ Thinkvision Resolution 1920 x 1200
PSU : 750W Silverstone Strider Power Supply
Case Silverstone TJ10 Exterior Automotive Color
Cooling Zalman Ultra Quiet CNPS9500 LED 92mm CPU Cooler w/ Copper Ba
Hard Drives Hard Drive One: Western Digital Caviar SE16 1TB 7200RPM 16MB Cache - SATA II
Hard Drive Two: Western Digital Caviar SE16 1TB 7200RPM 16MB Cache - SATA II
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04 Jul 2010
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Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, clean install, upgrade disc CT |
You are very welcome. What you have is all you will need plus common sense, which is the best security. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell XPS 420
OS Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, clean install, upgrade disc
CPU Intel Core2 processsor Q8200(2.33Ghz 1333FSB) Quad Core Tech
Motherboard Dell
Memory 6 gb
Graphics Card ATI Radeon 256MB HD3650
Sound Card Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
Monitor(s) Displays Dell SP2009W 20"
Keyboard Dell USB Keyboard
Mouse Dell Premium Optical USB
Cooling Fan
Hard Drives 640 GB Serial ATA Hard drive
Internet Speed DSL 2.85
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04 Jul 2010
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Richard thank you very much. One other question I am trying to put a picture in my profile but for some reason it will not load. Any suggestions. The size of the pic is 18.6 kb.
Rottikid | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Maingear
OS windows 7 Premium
CPU Q9450 2.66Hzx 4
Motherboard NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI Motherboard
Memory Memory 8GB Kingston HyperX 8500 DDR2-1066 (4 x 2GB)
Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8800 GTS 512MB GDDR3
Sound Card Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Titanium Fatality Champion Se
Monitor(s) Displays Lenovo 22’ Thinkvision Resolution 1920 x 1200
PSU : 750W Silverstone Strider Power Supply
Case Silverstone TJ10 Exterior Automotive Color
Cooling Zalman Ultra Quiet CNPS9500 LED 92mm CPU Cooler w/ Copper Ba
Hard Drives Hard Drive One: Western Digital Caviar SE16 1TB 7200RPM 16MB Cache - SATA II
Hard Drive Two: Western Digital Caviar SE16 1TB 7200RPM 16MB Cache - SATA II
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04 Jul 2010
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Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, clean install, upgrade disc CT |
Read this about your profile picture and see if you can get it to work. If not post back | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell XPS 420
OS Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, clean install, upgrade disc
CPU Intel Core2 processsor Q8200(2.33Ghz 1333FSB) Quad Core Tech
Motherboard Dell
Memory 6 gb
Graphics Card ATI Radeon 256MB HD3650
Sound Card Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
Monitor(s) Displays Dell SP2009W 20"
Keyboard Dell USB Keyboard
Mouse Dell Premium Optical USB
Cooling Fan
Hard Drives 640 GB Serial ATA Hard drive
Internet Speed DSL 2.85
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