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#MICROSOFT SAFETY SCANNER SCANS ALL DRIVES DEFENDER DOES NOT SOFTWARE#
The only Dell software I can find on the computer is Dell Backup and Recovery, and that hasn’t been updated to the best of my knowledge. Of course, I have no way of knowing whether svchost is triggering the symptoms on the present 8.1 computer. I did search the hard drive for svchost and custom scanned each, and they all come back clean. Unfortunately, on the 8.1 computer Defender doesn’t show file names as it scans so I can’t see what file(s) are triggering the triangle/exclamation point/warning. My recollection is that the symptoms stopped showing up after maybe a month, but again, I’m not too sure about that I searched the hard drive for svchost, found about 15 instances of it, and scanned each one individually each of them coming back clean. By staring at the MSE window and watching the scan progress I was able to determine that when the scan encountered svchost, the yellow triangle/exclamation point/statement of possible presence of malware was triggered only to disappear at the end of the scan. I ran the MS Safety Scanner, which came up clean.
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It was a Dell laptop and while I’m not absolutely sure of this, I think it happened after a Dell Update update, or perhaps some other Dell software update. I remember seeing the same symptoms once on a Windows 7 computer with Microsoft Security Essentials. This laptop is a gift, and while I suspect it will not be heavily used for internet surfing, I’d really like to get this right. I’d appreciate any insight into what’s going on, particularly on whether this is worth pursuing and/or how likely it is that something is infected.
#MICROSOFT SAFETY SCANNER SCANS ALL DRIVES DEFENDER DOES NOT FULL#
I’ve also rum Malwarebytes Free, which also came up totally clean, but interestingly, said it only scanned about 280,000 files (as opposed to more than 600,000 files for a full scan or custom C: scan with Defender). I’ve run the Microsoft Safety Scanner (downloaded from this link ) and everything comes up completely clean. So, my questions are, is the occurrence of the triangle/exclamation point/warning statement of any significance? If so, how do I find the suspected file? Also, shouldn’t the number of files scanned be the same for a custom scan of C: as for a full scan? The other interesting thing is that after I do a custom scan on the C: drive, the reported number of files scanned is smaller (by about 25000) than the number reported for a full scan. This last statement never showed up after a quick or full scan (although it always shows up on my own 8.1 computer when I do a quick or full scan and nothing is found). No matter what custom scan I try I never get the triangle/exclamation point/warning message, and when the scan is done I get the green check mark, a statement of the number of files scanned, a statement that my computer is being protected, AND a statement that no infected files were found.
… in an effort to determine what files weren’t “liked”, I did a bunch of custom scans to try and narrow down where the file(s) is(are). But, at the end of the scan, the triangle/exclamation point and message all disappear and at the top of the Defender Dialog box I get a green check mark, a statement of the number of files scanned and that my computer is being protected. When I do either a quick or full scan with Windows Defender I get a yellow triangle/exclamation point with the statement that preliminary results indicate the presence of malware or other potentially unwanted software and that I can review the affected files at the end of the scan. All the preceding software is up to date, as is Windows 8.1 (through October with what used to be called Group A). I’ve installed Opera, Firefox, Gimp and about 100 games from Big Fish.
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For a friend, I’m setting up a Win 8.1 Pro 64 bit laptop purchased from Dell Refurbished.
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