Recent content by HopefulKayaker

I had just installed the free Panda Antivirus program from CNET and tried to full system scan right before this happened. However, as that came highly recommended from How-To Geek I just assumed it was the virus that did this rather than the ANTIvirus. :-P Regardless, it would seem that opting...

I recently contracted a virus which seems to have eliminated ALL my file associations. I've confirmed that .LNK, .EXE, .COM, and .BAT associations are gone. All proposed fixes to re-associate .EXE files don't work for me, because of all the other associations I've lost. I have been able to...

I've read that you used to be able to go to Tools > Settings in Windows Defender and schedule periodic scans. However, in Windows 8, the Tools menu is gone! I see nothing about this in the Settings section. I've also tried to set this up in Task Scheduler, but I don't know the proper command...