windows security essentials , taking control

hyperst · 22 Dec 2009 at 16:54

well i run a scan of microsofts security essentials, it found a severe risk and tells me to it needs removing or what ever the description is, so i think fine i'll sort it in a bit as i was busy doing something, so i close the security centre, blow me, a few minutes later i get a popup saying i need to restart the pc to complete the cleanup, now im thinking what cleanup i never told it to do it yet, and low and behold i look through the security centre and its gone ahead and removed it and my only option is to remove it :eek:

ShakenNstirred · 22 Dec 2009 at 16:59

cant say i`ve come a cross that
MSE rarely pops up here

bledd · 22 Dec 2009 at 17:00

in the options you can choose the default action.

it's probably set to 'do action based on defenition' you can set it to something like 'do nothing'

hyperst · 22 Dec 2009 at 17:11

it just seemed strange that i knew about it and was going to remove when i was ready, to all of a sudden see it had took control and done it lol, its a good piece of software just thought it very strange to do that on its own, the settings are set to 'recommended action'

bledd · 22 Dec 2009 at 17:15

How did you get the virus/malware?

theheyes · 22 Dec 2009 at 17:21

I suppose it could cause you a headache if it was a false positive. Is there an easy way to restore the file? I haven't had a single pop up from MSE since I installed it - no news is good news!

Dangerous · 22 Dec 2009 at 17:23

I have a problem with this today - It stops me loading a Cineform HD encoder. If the realtime scan is enabled the program can't open!

Even told it to ignore the program file directory but still blocks it!

theheyes · 22 Dec 2009 at 17:49

After looking into this further you can submit a sample to MS and flag it as a false positive (check box)

https://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/Submission/Submit.aspx