Hi,
I have been using Windows 8 for a couple of weeks now. Every now and then I get a pop up window that tells me I am running multiple antivirus programs and that this can affect the security and performance of my laptop. I have installed Bitdefender Antivirus Plus 2013 because I'd paid for this and used it on my old PC.
When I installed BD, it automatically uninstalled the supplied Norton stuff. I have also uninstalled Norton using Add or Remove Programs, Norton's own uninstall tool and I believe I've cleaned up the Registry using CCleaner (although I'm not absolutely certain what all the functions do with CCleaner).
I still get this pop up message which is worrying me. When I click on the message it then takes me to another window that prompts me to uninstall Bitdefender. But I don't want to do this, especially as I don't know what other security software is still on my laptop.
Windows Defender is turned off.
I have tried everything I can think of to try and find, somewhere on Win 8, where it tells me what antivirus software I am running but I can't find anything! Bitdefender tells me that it is running fine with no issues.
Where can I look on Win 8 to tell me what antivirus/spyware software is currently running? I have tried all the areas I can think of in the Control Panel but just can't find it. If I can find these programs, I may be able to remove whatever is causing this problem.
I have attached some screen prints if these are helpful. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated...
Kind regards
Adam
I have been using Windows 8 for a couple of weeks now. Every now and then I get a pop up window that tells me I am running multiple antivirus programs and that this can affect the security and performance of my laptop. I have installed Bitdefender Antivirus Plus 2013 because I'd paid for this and used it on my old PC.
When I installed BD, it automatically uninstalled the supplied Norton stuff. I have also uninstalled Norton using Add or Remove Programs, Norton's own uninstall tool and I believe I've cleaned up the Registry using CCleaner (although I'm not absolutely certain what all the functions do with CCleaner).
I still get this pop up message which is worrying me. When I click on the message it then takes me to another window that prompts me to uninstall Bitdefender. But I don't want to do this, especially as I don't know what other security software is still on my laptop.
Windows Defender is turned off.
I have tried everything I can think of to try and find, somewhere on Win 8, where it tells me what antivirus software I am running but I can't find anything! Bitdefender tells me that it is running fine with no issues.
Where can I look on Win 8 to tell me what antivirus/spyware software is currently running? I have tried all the areas I can think of in the Control Panel but just can't find it. If I can find these programs, I may be able to remove whatever is causing this problem.
I have attached some screen prints if these are helpful. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated...
Kind regards
Adam
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