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How to find specifics of what Defender detected in real time protection?

Windows Defender very quickly popped up a notification saying it has taken action to prevent against malware. I need to know the details. This happened while I was downloading pictures from Google ...
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Windows 10 high CPU usage unless task manager is opened

A desktop gadget I am using indicates 100% CPU usage. But every time I open Task Manager to find the cause, it suddenly drops to 10-15%. If i close it, it spikes back to 100%. Also Command Prompt is ...
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Windows 10 Disk Usage at 100% but no corresponding process shows in task manager

Over the past month (possibly more), I have noticed that my laptop (running Windows 10) frequently becomes almost unusably slow, especially after many days of not having turned it on. I notice that ...
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Can an incorrect program size indicate malware?

Example File Sizes from "Programs and Features": Windows is reporting vastly incorrect file sizes. In the example given, Python 3.4.1 is listed as taking 30 GB of space. This isn't the only program ...
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Unable to uninstall Paragon HFS+ For Windows

I wanted to create a bootable usb key of MacOS Sierra so I needed to be able to read HFS partition on my Windows 10 computer. After a quick research I found this software: HFS4Win But this software ...
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Windows 10 - Task Manager Says Disk Is At 100% Usage

OS: Windows 10 (Pre-Installed) RAM: 8GB Storage: 500GB free Processor: i5 Disk Type: Hard Drive I have had Windows 10 for over a year now and it has been fine (a part from corruption about 6 ...
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Can I get infected by just downloading (not opening) file on Windows 10?

Today I received some e-mail to Thunderbird. It had image attached that I clicked: Which sent me to onedrive.live.com/download?... and automatically downloaded .tgz file. I am not even sure if the ...
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Uninstall Paragon HFS+ .msi

I am unable to remove Paragon HFS+ from my Windows 10 computer. The program is still listed after uninstalling using Add or Remove Programs. Running the command msiexec /x Paragon-607-PEU_WinInstallSN-...
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