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Windows 7 Windows Defender Question
I have been using a laptop for a while already and using windows 10. I have an old windows 7 destkp bought probably 8 years ago and it uses windows 7 but its an i5 750 processor. Its an xps 8100. It only has 4gb ram and hard drive is 500gb hard drive and no ssd. I haven't touched this computer in over 1.5 years as it is in a closet.
A while back a long time ago i did a reinstall of it. However im sure i did this incorrectly because it shows 424gb free of 465gb. Thus when i did the reinstall, old files were still on the computer.
So do i need to first clean reinstall it again or is it fine using it the way it is?
The other thing is this. I have avast free antivirus, malwarebytes and also super antispyware on this computer. Thus i only need 1 and remove all of them? Or keep avast and malwarebytes? They are free version.
The thing is in my windows 10 laptop, i use windows defender only for virus protection. I checked on my windows 7 desktop and there is windows defender there. But when i click on it, i get a message that says
the program is turned off
if you would like to use this program, click here to turn it on
when i click turn it on
the program is blocked by group policy. error code 0x800704ec
I dont recall ever using windows defender on this old desktop though. So is the reason why i have this because of a virus since i didnt clean reinstall correctly due to old files still there? Or is it due to me having avast, malwarebytes and superantispyware free edition on computer? I assume delete superantispyware. But also delete avast but keep malwarebtyes?
I want to use this computer but also make sure it doesn't have any type of virus already etc.