The last few times I ran spy bot the results showed:

windows security center.antivirus disable notify and windows security center disable notify.firewall.

Each time I clicked "fix" and they keep coming back. I am on IO, XP, and use McAfee antivirus and firewall protection.

What you can do is right click on each one and choose to exclude from further scans in the future.

What you can do is right click on each one and choose to exclude from further scans in the future.

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I'm preparing to download AVG. McAfee ran out. What about these windows alerts now? Am I safe? (Happy New Year)

I'm preparing to download AVG. McAfee ran out. What about these windows alerts now? Am I safe? (Happy New Year)

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You will still be safe, it is just Spybot S&D trying to do the same sort of job as Windows Security Center, which is a bit of a pain in the a** really.

Happy new year to you too.

Avoid AVG; it's a very poor freeware anti-virus.

Get eTrust Anti-Virus; free for a year. :cuddle:

Avoid AVG; it's a very poor freeware anti-virus.

Get eTrust Anti-Virus; free for a year. 

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So glad I checked your site before downloading. Thanks again!

So glad I checked your site before downloading. Thanks again!

Quite welcome! We've got a lot coming for the new year. Revamped PC Maintenance guilds, FAQ section and maybe a few other goodies. :cuddle:

Good to hear.