What's Up With Microsoft Security Essential

Not all free antiviruses work the same and that all free are limited in function. However, the good thing about this software is that is easily detected any threat of virus when you insert a USB flash drive or an SD card. It will automatically detect a threat and this going to be quarantined for a time. Then if you want, you can manually remove or delete any virus by simply clicking on the remove all detected button instantly. 

Last night, it was able to detect 1166 viruses in my D drive which compose of files and folders backed-up a year ago plus files on my recent hard drive. It took me 6 hours to clean all infected files and folders. This infections really makes a PC responds slowly whenever you opened a program. Instead, I just formatted the drive and perform a fresh install of Operating System - Windows 7 Ultimate.

Depending upon you internet speed, Microsoft Essential can be downloaded directly at Microsoft website. Just download the right version for you current platform. If it is a Windows XP SP2, then download the necessary update before installing Essential. In Windows 7, no need to update as in my case, just install it then update using internet and began scanning your files. 

I find it very useful and users-friendly. Manage the Settings according to your preferences such as scheduled scan and so on. Just update the program and you're files are safe and protected. From time to time, checked the History tab to find if viruses were quarantined and are ready for deletion. 

For Home users, no need to buy expensive anti-virus software. I understand that though we already scanned and removed the viruses, there's still left undetected. Yet, better maintain a back-up copy of your files just in case, because, not all anti-virus work effectively in the way you want it.

Remove Virus from your memory or USB

I've been once searching for the best way to remove virus from memory or USB. All I know is to use an anti-virus like AVG, Norton, Avira (Free Version) and some sort of it. But I don't really know a lot about hidden viruses. I need to know how to remove virus from removable devices other than the virus I usually encounter in my computer. A lot of people don't mind about viruses from their memory so when they connect it to another computer , it will automatically infect the said PC specially if no anti-virus is present. Unfortunately, you can't detect if you're infected or not unless you used an anti-virus. But still, using anti-virus is not a guarantee and it's impossible to eliminate them as well without learning how to really remove it. 

Now, I learned another idea from someone who freely shared it to us. It may seem basic, but I admit I really don't know about it. This is about the use of command prompt or CMD.

Take note about the image. So, to make hidden files appear, you have to type as shown above. If your memory is in drive I, just type DIR /ah. Then, files in that directory will appear as encircled above. Then, one by one make it to appear in the windows explorer by typing Attrib "FILENAME" -r -a -s -h. Type the exact format (considering Capital and small letters). Then, look into your windows explorer and you'll find all the files there.

Notice that when you see a file type as FILE FOLDER that's ok but when it is an APPLICATION TYPE, don't click and delete it if possible.

Hope This help.