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Offline Simon

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Re: Problems with attachment
« Reply #15 on: January 11, 2021, 22:56 »
I will now see how I get along with Microsoft Security and by the way Simon it's not called Defender any more.  ;D

To be pedantic, it's called Microsoft Defender (formerly Microsoft Security Essentials) on Windows 10.   ;)
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Re: Problems with attachment
« Reply #16 on: January 12, 2021, 08:50 »
Oooooooooooooooooooops  ;D
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Re: Problems with attachment
« Reply #17 on: January 12, 2021, 09:25 »
Does Microsoft Defender have to be turned on or is it there in the background anyway? I've never seen any reference to it on my computers. 

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Re: Problems with attachment
« Reply #18 on: January 12, 2021, 10:15 »
It will be turned on by default unless you have any other anti-virus software on the machine, as other anti-virus software will disable Microsoft Defender.  You may have to re-enable Microsoft Defender having removed other anti-virus software.
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Re: Problems with attachment
« Reply #19 on: January 12, 2021, 10:44 »
I know it's early days, but after running other paid for anti-virus software (Kaspersky, Norton, Bullguard and Mcafee) over the years my computer seems to be running smoother and even quicker at the moment, time will tell.  :thumb:

It kicked in as soon as I un-installed Kaspersky and then asked if I wanted to run a quick scan.
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Re: Problems with attachment
« Reply #20 on: January 12, 2021, 16:44 »
That sounds very encouraging.  Thanks Den. 


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