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I have had major problems accessing this forum, with a 404 error. Signing back in was a major pain.  The forum wanted me to sign in using Google, which I refuse to use (it is evil).   What is going on?

hello, I recently bought M15 r7 alienware. Which antivirus is good for my laptop or Only windows defender is good?

CrowdStrike detected InvColPC as Malicious? is this legit file ? 57f86887be198ff0c581e6ef78fa0284b4f3f49fbf3433d5ef301357d63d99f6 can someone assist in verifying if this is a legitimate hash from Dell 

I just got my new XPS a week ago and uninstalled McAfee because I have another anti-virus software. I keep constantly getting Dell notifications to download my McAfee software, which are totally annoying. How can I get rid of those notifications? TIA

Well, my trusty Dell XPS 420 with Vista and IE-9 finally gave it up after something like 12-14 years. Never fully installed or used Firefox but was able to navigate to a lot of places with that setup. Did use Firefox a lot for Youtube. Am now using the back up machine which is an Acer with Windows 7

I have a windows 11 Dell desktop and a windows 11 Acer laptop. Every hour or so a pop up window appears at the down-right corner of the screen saying that the computer is infected with viruses and I need to buy McAfee antivirus program to clean it. Some other times it says “Trojan virus detected t

I have an XPS 8950, and I want to remove McAfee LiveSafe and use Windows Defender and firewall. I intend to remove it using Windows 11 remove programs. Is there a better way? Has anyone had problems using this method? I assume that once it is removed, I will be able to start Windows Defender. I used

SpywareBlaster database update 10/4/20226 NEW items (IE/ActiveX)11 NEW items (Edge/Scripts)for a total of 18,823 items in databaseAfter updating, be sure to manually enable all protection.  

[EDIT: Confirmation from Microsoft cited lower in this thread...] I was surprised when Windows Defender suddenly alerted me that a "serious" threat had been detected on my computer, as I do my best to keep it "squeaky clean", and nothing was detected yesterday. Unfortunately, the only information

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Hi, apologies if this is posted in the wrong place, but I feel I should alert someone of this. When I tried to download a driver update for my Dell Universal Dock D6000, I noticed that one of the downloads looked suspicious. This is what happens when I right-click and look at Properties: Again, t

I did not want McAfee and did not renew it. I am now repeatedly tormented by pop-up ads pushing me to buy McAfee. I did not spend so much money on a new Dell to be interrupted and distracted by advertising while I am trying to work. This is making me so angry that I wish I could return the computer

Is this a known false positive? This reddit page seems to indicate the problem is widespread. i cant remove or put in quarantine "trojan:html/cryptostealbtc" : antivirus (reddit.com)

Just got it and McAfee says it is a trial for 30 days. Purchase Invoice says 12 Month Subscription:   Meanwhile McAfee Account and the app itself says 30 days? I'd do a CHAT but not available at this time? Did I miss doing something?

Hi, I have a new XPS that is supposed to come with a 12 month subscription of LiveSafe but McAfee LiveSafe says 30 days left of the free trial. How do I active the 12 month subscription?

Windows is no longer supporting version 1909,including security updates. (I don't know if this includes support for Microsoft Defender AV). https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/announcements/windows-10-1909-end-of-servicing This caught me by surprise, as it seemed like only yesterday that MS

Hello I have a new PC from dell which comes with virus protection from Dell and also MacAfee already pre installed. My question is when my free sub. ends with MacAfee is it worth renewing or the dell protection is more than enough to keep my PC safe from malware etc. What does everyone recommend

I have a Dell OptiPlex 3020 with Windows 10. My Adobe Flash Player version is 32.0.0.330 but the newest Adobe Flash Player version is 32.0.0.363. I am using Edge and Internet Explorer as my browsers. I understand that Adobe Flash Player is embedded in Edge and Internet Explorer but was wondering is

Windows Security Intelligence virus-definition update 1.313.1638.0 was supposed to improve Windows Defender but ended up breaking it instead. With the new definitions installed, running a full system scan in Windows Defender will lead to the program crashing, along with countless error messages fro

This is a new computer that I neglected to backup before I used it and right away it got infected! A mistake that I shall never make again! When I boot, it goes to a black screen with the Dell Logo and is Preparing Auto Repair and then to the Choose an Option window! I contacted Microsoft Tech Su