Virus logs me off

I'd also try running Microsoft's System File Checker which scans for missing or corrupted system files and attempts to repair them.

Right-click Command Prompt , and click Run as administrator. If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the password or click Allow. How long does it take for for the automatic logoff to happen? If it's not too long, you can try is logging in using Safe Mode.

Start the system in safe mode by pressing F8 repeatedly during the start-up process. This runs the system with a minimal set of device drivers and services to start Windows. You can work in Safe Mode for a while to see if it still happens. This can help narrow down what's causing your problem.

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Provide your device with access to the latest threat definitions and threat behavior detection in the cloud. This setting allows Microsoft Defender to get constantly updated improvements from Microsoft while you're connected to the internet. This will result in more accurately identifying, stopping, and fixing, threats. Microsoft will notify you if you need to send additional files, and alert you if a requested file contains personal information so you can decide whether or not you want to send that file or not.

If you're concerned about a file and want to make sure it was submitted for evaluation you can select Submit a sample manually to send us any file you want. Microsoft Defender Antivirus settings can occasionally get changed by malicious, or careless, apps or processes; or sometimes by unaware people.

With Tamper Protection turned on, important settings like real-time protection, can't be easily or accidentally turned off. Learn more about Tamper Protection. Use the Controlled folder access setting to manage which folders untrusted apps can make changes to. You can also add additional apps to the trusted list so they can make changes in those folders. This is a powerful tool to make your files safer from ransomware.

When you turn on Controlled folder access, a lot of the folders you use most often will be protected by default. This means that content in any of these folders cannot be accessed or changed by any unknown or untrusted apps.

If you add additional folders, they become protected as well. Learn more about using Controlled folder access. In those rare instances you can add an exclusion for them. Learn more about adding an exclusion to Windows Security. Windows Security will send notifications about the health and safety of your device. You can turn these notifications on, or off, on the notifications page.

See Windows Security notifications. Security intelligence sometimes referred to as "definitions" are files that contain information about the latest threats that could infect your device.

Windows Security uses security intelligence every time a scan is run. Microsoft automatically downloads the latest intelligence to your device as part of Windows Update , but you can also manually check for it.

You should not even run it on your main computer unless it is in a VM. No problems you have can be blamed on Microsot. Did you read the EULA and release notes? There are many warnings to that effect. YOU allowed these things to happen by not paying attention. Great response.

I would like to add that the user should run a full virus scan of their computer using more then one security client to ensure that their own computer has not become a bot or is hacked. While the e-mail account may be the only account hacked your computer may also be infected and that is how they got your password in the first place.

Although less necessary on later, faster computers, it can be helpful in ensuring that Broken Links are not accumulating. Take a good look at old emails accumulating in your account or on your PC. Get rid of the majority. My mom gets an email that says windows live is having problems with spammers and fake accounts, and wants her to fill in her name, username, password and reply back via email.

The other 3 of us did not get this same email-so we knew it was a hoax right away. What on earth does anyone but you need your password for? What do you need your password for? To log into your account.

Otherwise, never, never never give out your password. At least, do a little research! You would have found out that Hotmail is the most hacked e-mail service and for that fact makes a great disposable e-mail address. Change your profile info every month or two with Hotmail and Yahoo mail. G-mail, not so often. Maybe every months. What does this mean and what should I do?

If there is only one option on that list it may insert it directly in that field. In that case just keep typing and the options will disappear. This not only works for email addresses but many other fields, such as name, address etc.

Read the comments concerning mail account having a virus and I realize that email accounts do not get a virus but a computer does. My problem is a little different, no one has hacked into my email and sent things to my addresses. Some messages have replicated 3 times. I have deleted emails from a total of only weeks later to find they are back and replicated yet again to total just an example. If anyone can help, I would appreciate it…. Hi i having problems people sending my emails i must stop sending rubbish, but i dont know what they talking about because in the first place i neva sending them any messages whatsoever.

What is the problem and how can i solve this problem. Christina This article gives some advice on what to do when that happens.

Hi, this has been going on for about two weeks actually, i can still log on my windows live Account but when i do i cant send any instant messages to anybody but i can recieve theirs. Ive tried resetting the password and change the security password.

I dont know what to do, please help, what should i do? I dont want to close my account. In fact you had nothing at all to do with it. Spammers have been using this technique for years. My gmail account is having multiple problems. My emails are combining, for example a business email combines the To and Subject lines with a non-business correspondence. I am not getting some emails and other emails are being sent to my trash folder.

It may be that emails are being tagged for the wrong folders. Leo, my friend sent me a email with no attachments and when I opened it, nothing on my chrome would load. It says the pages I opened are not responding. Hi Leo — somehow a virus or something has changed my email address. Everyone erases my email right away before reading it because of this. Do you have any idea how to get rid of this? I have had this address for a very long time and would like to keep it if possible. I also have a second address that is attached to the same account.