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Do not ever use Defender on Windows 7 as antivirus because it isn't! Windows 7 Defender is not the same as Windows 10 Defender.<br><br>If you are concerned about security, first upgrade to Windows 10. This should be your first step. Then other actions like installing the antivirus solution will make sense.
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Do not ever use Defender on Windows 7 as antivirus because it isn't! Windows 7 Defender is not the same as Windows 10 Defender.

If you are concerned about security, first upgrade to Windows 10. This should be your first step. Then other actions like installing the antivirus solution will make sense.

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i have always used a free version of panda :&nbsp;<a href="https://www.pandasecurity.com/en/homeusers/free-antivirus/" rel="ugc">https://www.pandasecurity.com/en/homeusers/free-antivirus/</a>&nbsp;<br>that i have found to work well for stand alone, home users
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i have always used a free version of panda : https://www.pandasecurity.com/en/homeusers/free-antivirus/ [https://www.pandasecurity.com/en/homeusers/free-antivirus/] 
that i have found to work well for stand alone, home users

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(See graphic)<br>I know I used to have a Windows 7 anti-virus built into the OS. &nbsp;But I'm getting this message saying I don't have any!<br>How do I turn on the Windows 7 anti-virus?<br><a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2020/08_w32/1488767/virus-delete.png" rel="ugc"><img src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2020/08_w32/1488767/virus-delete.png" class="fr-fic fr-dib"></a>
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I know I used to have a Windows 7 anti-virus built into the OS.  But I'm getting this message saying I don't have any!
How do I turn on the Windows 7 anti-virus?

Where is my built-in Windows Anti-Virus?

Anti-virus software was originally developed to detect and remove computer viruses. However, with the proliferation of other kinds of malware, antivirus software started to provide protection from other computer threats. In particular, modern antivirus software can protect from malicious browser helper objects (BHOs), browser hijackers, ransomware, keyloggers, backdoors, rootkits, trojan horses, worms, malicious layered service providers (LSPs), dialers, fraud tools, adware and spyware. Some products also include protection from other computer threats, such as infected and malicious URLs, spam, scam and phishing attacks, online identity theft (privacy), online banking attacks, social engineering techniques, Advanced Persistent Threat (APT), botnets and DDoS attacks.

Anti-Virus Apps

Spyware is software that aims to gather information about a person or organization without their knowledge and that may send such information to another entity without the consumer's consent, or that asserts control over a computer without the consumer's knowledge; it has also come to include programs that engage in various kinds of electronic fraud. Anti-spyware is software that removes or blocks that software; some common vendors include Malwarebytes, McAfee, Spybot-Search and Destroy, Ad-Aware and BitDefender.

Anti-Spyware

This topic area includes legacy versions of Windows prior to Windows 2000: Windows 3/3.1, Windows 95 and Windows 98, plus any other Windows-related versions including Windows Mobile.

Windows OS

Windows 7 is an operating system from Microsoft. Features include multi-touch support, a redesigned Windows Shell with a new taskbar, referred to as the Superbar, a home networking system called HomeGroup, and performance improvements.