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"Spyware and Unwanted software Protection". Whats with this notification???

Anonymous
2015-09-19T22:37:37+00:00

Well From the past 2 days my laptop is getting spammed by this repeated notification on the action center which reads "Spyware and Unwanted software Protection"?

What is this all about and how do I get rid/solve this??

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-01-02T22:19:50+00:00

    if anyone has this problem but has antivirus installed follow this step by step guide to disable it

    in search bar on the task bar type control panel then click on system and security then security and maintenance then under security tab it will say **spyware and unwanted software protection (important)**under this click the blue writing that says turn of messages about spyware and unwanted software protection.

    now your done no more notifications for spyware and unwanted software protection

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-09-20T01:38:08+00:00

    Hi Vineel,

    Thank you for posting on Microsoft Communities.

    I will be glad to help you with the issue you have with the computer. I understand the frustration when things don't work the way it should.

    Please answer the following for us to assist you better:

    1. What is the antivirus program on the computer?
    2. Did you make any changes to the computer prior to the issue?

    I suggest you to check and uninstall if you have more than one security software on the computer.

    Please reply with the required information and the results, I will be glad to help you further.

    Thank you.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-09-20T08:01:37+00:00

    Well I have only a Quick Heal Antivirus Pro 16.00 installed on my laptop and its working just perfectly fine.

    And the only the only thing I can remember before this started was that I forcefully stopped the "Service Host" from the task manager as it suddenly started using around 80% CPU and was making my laptop burning hot.

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-04-19T12:22:36+00:00

    If you have a virus protection program running and don't need Defender, try -

    Control Panel

    System and Security

    Security and Maintenance

    Change Security and Maintenance settings

    uncheck - Spyware and unwanted software protection

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-04-03T13:16:51+00:00

    Having the same issue, I have McAfee installed since getting my  Surface 3 tablet, never been an issue until a few days ago. I get this message about 5 times a day. Very annoying!

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