Windows 10 deleted this computer’s anti virus software
According to the message that popped up, the AV software that was installed was incompatible and so Windows 10 disabled it and activated Windows Defender.
When I checked, it had actually deleted the software entirely. I installed Malwarebytes to clean up the machine, which you can see in action in the video. In total it found 2639 threats.
So this is a warning for Windows 10 users. Do not assume everything is fine.
Rob West says
I have Windows 10 on 8 computers, 5 at work, 3 at home. I have run 360 security, Norton Internet Security, Bitdefender free, and now paid Kaspersky with 0 issues. This 1 in a million instance does not make it a bad OS. No one should ever assume, on any OS that “everything is fine”.
Thom Winter says
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Alan Stainer says
Rob West as I fix computers, I tend to see more issues like this than most. It is rare, but it does happen more than it should. Far more often than 1 in a million from my experience. Not necessarily with anti virus software, but with programs in general. Usually it means Windows 10 has substituted a program for a Microsoft alternative, like Edge in place of Chrome. I have seen that one happen multiple times, including on my own machines.
Dr. Cassone says
I’m running Kaspersky on mine. No problems…yet.
Alan Stainer says
Brian Murphy it isn’t user error. Another time (recently) I saw a similar notification that AVG was incompatible and had been disabled. The Windows generated prompt to upgrade AVG or keep Windows Defender failed to do anything in regards to upgrading AVG. Instead I had to do everything manually by downloading the installer, etc. A similar thing happened this time.
Justin Goldsmith says
As a consultant, my first order of business with new customers is to move them to Win 10 and then install cloud managed Symantec End-Point Protection. I have yet to see any issue like this. The worst I’ve seen is residential customers removing Symantec to install something like avast which they usually bring back to me because avast is causing several issues.
Additionally, as a devout Linux user and teacher, I haven’t had any major issues with Windows 10 other than a few updates getting stuck. System Restore and restarting updates almost always clears it up. Frankly, I’m impressed with 10.
Diamond Heart says
When it happened to my computer I had to take it back to factory settings then I turned the computer back on and it reset itself but it took hours and I had to then put back in extra software
John A. Tamplin says
Since Windows is itself malware, it was a question of survival – it had to delete the AV software first.
Osman Osman (Osman) says
Why am i recieving notifications
Justin Goldsmith says
Osman Osman disable notifications in the community settings.
Alan Stainer says
Osman Osman what notifications are you getting? Are they emails?
Osman Osman (Osman) says
going to say this is just a google thing i use for youtube comments
Osman Osman (Osman) says
Ikr XD
Justin Goldsmith says
Square Squid Studios Did you join the Software community?
Issa Makamba says
Some people are use Ant virus from download app for free this cause Many Microsoft machine become unsafe
Justin Goldsmith says
Square Squid Studios At the top of this post touch “Software” (blue text). That will bring you to the Collections page. Touch the word “following” in white text and white border. You will see “Unfollowing…” in a pop up. Done.
Justin Goldsmith says
Square Squid Studios Then I don’t know. Blame Google.
Sung-Jin Kim (James) says
Win10 is great. It is lovely. I like the design of it though I am not using it mostly. I am using either Mac or Linux nowadays. I have one laptop which runs on win10. However, I don’t open it since it is too bulky and the display is not okay. I upgraded its storage from HDD to SDD which makes it much faster than before. Hence, I satisfied the machine but not much use it. I mostly use a computer for machine learning programming. However, Windows is usually not a baseline of machine learning exercise. Therefore, I prefer to use other OSs.
hamisi Ibrahimu says
so what can do for this situation give me the method
Sheikh Jee says
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Alan Stainer says
Osman Osman Square Squid Studios Justin Goldsmith I have heard from other collection owners that people have been getting similar notifications about their posts too. It is a newish Google thing, which is confusing a lot of people.
Diana Studer says
getting back to the point, now I understand why I had to reinstall Avira on our two laptops.
Magda Evr says
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hamisi Ibrahimu says
there some problem from my windows
Sheikh Jee says
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cricket highlights says
Humm nice
Stephen Downes says
The recent Windows 10 update also removed my Norton 360 software. I had to download and reinstall, and then wait while it scanned everything and removed a bunch of tracking cookies.
D.A Reinosa says
So malwarebytes found 2639 threats and you BLAME MS? lol
LOL GUY says
Happens a lot; I tried to install immunet on windows 10 home a long time ago, and it wasn’t compatible. So guess what? Whoosh, the next day I rebooted my PC, it was gone.
ッAndy says
lol rip
Alan Stainer says
Douglas Reinosa it’s a case of cause and effect. Not blaming Microsoft so much as warning others to be vigilant. If anyone is to blame, it is the scum that write the malware.
Jelena Danilovic says
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Lenore Tyler says
Ok
cyber screen says
Uhh get out
Mr Breazzo says
Ok actually is nice to know
LOL GUY says
I know, you can still play Arma 3 on it.
اشرف علي says
Ok