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charankolli Posts 2 Registration date Thursday July 25, 2013 Status Member Last seen August 16, 2013 - Jul 25, 2013 at 07:39 AM
charankolli Posts 2 Registration date Thursday July 25, 2013 Status Member Last seen August 16, 2013 - Aug 16, 2013 at 08:00 AM
Hi,

i bought a new dell lappy over a month ago and i copied 300gb of data into it.after a few days when i copied some of that data into pendrive,during the procees of copy it showed the memory of the files as it is and after the completion of copying all the copied data turned into short cuts.i found out it is due to a virus.i've run all type of scans and it didn't detected any viruses.i dont want to loose all the 300gb of data by formatting it.can anyone please help me how to get rid of that virus??.
os:windows 8
hdd:1tb

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Zohaib R Posts 2368 Registration date Sunday September 23, 2012 Status Member Last seen December 13, 2018 67
Jul 25, 2013 at 10:03 AM
Hi charankolli,

Windows Defender and Windows SmartScreen are built into Windows 8 which helps guard your PC against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software in real time. Scan your PC with Windows Defender. Click the below mentioned hyperlink for steps on how to Scan your PC with Windows Defender:

Scan your PC with Windows Defender

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charankolli Posts 2 Registration date Thursday July 25, 2013 Status Member Last seen August 16, 2013
Aug 16, 2013 at 08:00 AM
can windows defender and kaspersky be used in a laptop?or can't be?.i mean will any thing happen if both are used at the same time?
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