Windows 10 Predator Helios 300 Storage Question

[Mister Jackson]

Every time I take a look at my Storage it seems to be going up and down. Not a drastic amount or anything, but just something I noticed.

Is that typical for computers to do or is there something wrong internally?

I also got a virus and got rid of it, maybe I am still a bit paranoid from that.

[Jamebonds1]

What is a virus called?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Run these to be sure...

MalwareBytes, install it and opt into the trial for full protection. Update the definitions, reboot into safe mode and do a full scan, including root kits.

ESET Free Online AV Scanner

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[Mister Jackson]

I do have Norton and it does a pretty fine job

[mtono]

if you have virus pranoia, reinstall windows

[Bad 💀 Motha]

It doesn't matter what you have. You should have at least those 3 scanners I said above. Paid AV are all known to actually create problems and cause false positives all the time. No AV is worth paying for except maybe MalwareBytes Premium and ESET NOD32

[Jamebonds1]

Always check VB100 to find good antivirus.

[Duck Twacy]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Classic Wiseguy:

I do have Norton and it does a pretty fine job

You should be okay, then. Just to be safe update Norton Symantec, and then do a full scan. It may have been one of those viruses that keeps eating up storage space but nothing else.

If it keeps happening, then you might want to use Win10's reset option. This essentially wipes all your applications and puts your computer back to its state when you first bought it or installed Win10.

[mtono]

a lot of people say: windows defender is enough to protect your system. i read this over and over on the web. i do only have windows defender and its alright.

[mtono]

i just remembered a very good service(i guess it belongs to the google universe)
https://www.virustotal.com/ui-public/index.html#/home/upload
here you can check single files that maybe corrupted.
and also search for "process explorer", where you can see prcesses of your windows and see if they are corrupted.
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