Microsoft Windows Live Safety Center

[TheCake]

http://safety.live.com/site/en-US/default.htm

Need to use Internet Explorer browser but it can do..

* Check for and remove viruses
* Learn about threats
* Improve your PC's performance
* Get rid of junk on your hard disk

Etc etc.

Might be worth a sticky. Its good stuff.

 

[Dave]

giving it a whirl now

 

[Woodentop]

only about 2 years too late microsoft but nice try

 

[Griff]

Typical Microsoft though... Read the T&C's as it uploads your system info back to Microsoft.

 

[TheCake]

From their site, for anyone who can't find it...

Is Microsoft going to collect personal information when I do a scan?
No. At the end of a scan, you have the option to share your results with Microsoft, which will help us improve the Windows Live Safety Center scanner. If you elect to share your results with us, all reported information is anonymous. No personal information is collected. Get more details about what information is shared... click here: http://safety.live.com/site/en-US/article/datacollect.htm

This page states what they collect, and why and how it is relevant.

IMHO theres nothing here which I would found objectional but if you want to double check i'd read this first as Griff correctly pointed out.

I'm all legit and anything I can do to make my PC run smoother is all good!

 

[Jonesy]

thanks for this, running it now, so far found 3 virus's and 4 infected files!!! even tho i have norton internet security running with all updates and run spybot and adaware almost every other day.

glad i read this post now

 

[TheCake]

Glad to be of some help Jonesy. I will be doing a future post for long-term Anti-virus and spyware software shortly.

 

[Griff]

even tho i have norton internet security running with all updates

There's your problem..

 

[KDF]

whoops

 

[TheCake]

haha

 

[Woodentop]

lol