The Windows Defender icon should appear in this tray with a cross X if it's been turned off, and should be lacking the cross if it's running. There are no longer any steps you need to take if you'd like to keep it on, although read on if you're keen to turn it off.
This shortcut will launch the search function on your system. Windows Defender should appear in the results list. Click it to launch the program. If it is up and running, and takes you straight to the program's dashboard, skip ahead to step five. A message may appear now, saying: "this application has been turned off and isn't monitoring your computer".
If so, search for "Action Center" in the Start menu or start screen on Windows 8 , and click it to open. Once in the Action Center, click on the Security tab to see which program is managing Spyware and unwanted software protection'.
If you want to replace an existing anti-spyware suite, such as AVG Free, and enable Defender, you should first uninstall the current suite via the Programs menu in the Control Panel. On Windows 10, things are a bit different. Here, underneath the same heading Spyware and unwanted software protection' , you will be able to choose Windows Defender. But again, make sure you uninstall any existing software first. Now that you have uninstalled any existing anti-spyware or anti-virus programs, type "Defender" into the Start menu again, and click on the program.
If it's disabled, you will be greeted with a message telling you so, and there will be a text link, saying: "Click here to turn it on". Go ahead and click the link to enable Windows Defender. If your computer isn't already protected, you should be taken to the Windows Defender dashboard. Obviously, if you want to be cautious, make a backup of these first. Let me know if that worked for you too! View Accepted Solution in Context. Dick Evans Guru Norton Fighter Welcome, I don't know your situation but I like to keep my desktop sort of clean.
Stay well and surf safe. Things happen. This thread is closed from further comment. Please visit the forum to start a new thread. Norton desktop icon keeps moving after reboot. Appreciate your patience. Please follow these steps to send us diagnostic information from your computer.
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Yamuna Sathiyamurthy Avast Hello Nic, Unfortunately, from your recent message, it was not clear to us how we can help you. Could you please elaborate your request and provide us with more details? Eric W I have the exact same issue.
Yes I know I've duplicated Nic's answer. He said my thoughts exactly. It seems a problem with a simple fix, and a problem your team introduced for no reason but to annoy people. Don't be spammy. The problem is simple. Stop pretending not to understand. Every time AVG updates, it stupidly adds its icon to my clean desktop. It's not a difficult concept. I don't require a reply. Kayla S I have this same problem, too. It is very frustrating to have to constantly delete the same desktop shortcut over and over again.
Now, every time AVG updates, it is on my desktop again. Once you recover files into a USB drive you can use them but if you again plug-in USB Flash drive into the infected computer your flash drive will infect again. So it is better to remove the source of this virus, which is an infected computer.
Follow the steps below to remove shortcut virus manually from the PC. Go to the Process tab and look for process Wscript. Scroll down and find any such process, now Right Click on it and click on End Task. If you find any of them then right-click on it and delete this registry key. Now temp folder will be open look for file nkvasyoxww. Check Startup folder if nkvasyoxww. It will open System Configuration , Go to Startup tab, and look for nkvasyoxww.
There may be a different name for the VBS file. If you follow the above steps you would be able to get rid of the shortcut virus from your Flash drive and PC. But the latest version of this virus may not go from the computer even if you manually check and delete the suspicious files. However, most people have antivirus software installed on their PC but this Virus may skip several antiviruses.
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