Windows Defender And Steps To Fix It
A great emperor is one who knows in advanced about his enemies
, their strategies, and takes specific measures so that no one can intrude his kingdom. As Microsoft windows is a well known king in the world of computer, and to maintain its might and kingdom from the competitors and intruders such as spyware, he keeps on providing and updating softwares and protection tools.
Now there comes antispyware software inbuilt in windows operating system by the name windows defender. It is antispyware software that runs automatically when it's turned on. Using antispyware software you can protect your computer against spyware and other potentially unwanted software. Spyware can be installed on your computer without your knowledge any time you connect to the Internet, and it can infect your computer when you install some programs using a CD, DVD, or other removable media. It is a type of malware and is typically hidden from the users and can be difficult to detect it, such as key logger and so on.
Windows defenders use two ways to keep spywares away which are as follows,
Real time protection: windows defender gives you an alert message when spyware attempts to install itself or tries to run on your computer.
Scanning option: windows defender can be used to scan for spyware which might have installed on your computer, to schedule scans on a regular basis, and to automatically remove anything that's detected during a scan.
As the role of windows defender is very crucial and sensitive, so it should be kept on updating with new definitions. Windows Defender definitions are files that act like an encyclopedia of known spyware and other potentially unwanted software. As spywares are continuously being developed so the definitions of windows defender should be keeps on updating. They are updated automatically as the windows goes on its updating process. You can also check for new definitions automatically before going for schedule scans and the steps for this are as follows,
Click the start button and type defender in the search box.
Click windows defender in the list of search results.
Open windows defender and click tools.
Then click options.
Under automatically scanning, make sure that automatically scan my computer (recommended) check box is selected.
Select the check for updated definitions before scanning check box, and then click save, type the password or provide confirmation if asked by the administrator.
If you are not using schedule scan regularly and want get updates from the windows automatically, You can also check for new definitions manually and the steps are as follows,
Click the start button and type defender in the search box.
Click windows defender in the list of search results.
Open windows defender.
Click the arrow next to the help button and then click check for updates.
If you are doing this manually then do it regularly at least once in a week. If still you find some trouble in using this and you are not able to fix or troubleshoot it, you can even visit site www.impcsupport.com, it provides
online windows support, softwares, technical support and so on.
by: Matthew Ferrall
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