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Hi–Been with 7 for a very very long time (and still have 1) but just got a Windows 10 machine for better security options. Lots to learn! Yikes!
First of all, to find out about patches and updates, which version of Windows 10 do I go to on AskWoody? I asked the seller and he said there is only Windows 10 Pro 64 bit. But even if that’s true, I still don’t know where to go.
I feel like SUCH a newbie.
Thanks for all help.
BTW I did get blocked coming to the site, and turned off my vpn and got in.
If you plan on sticking with Windows Defender/Microsoft Defender for your anti-malware/anti-junkware solution, then yes your installation of it is very outdated.
Those updates you noted in your post are actually definition updates for Windows Defender/Microsoft Defender that comes with Windows 10. It is on by default unless you install a 3rd party anti-crapware/anti-junkware solution.
Once you get connected to the internet, it should automatically seek out updates for itself and install them. If it doesn’t, please follow the instructions in the next couple of paragraphs to update it manually.
To update it manually, it sounds like you’ve almost done everything you need to do, but here’s one way to do it (remember that with Windows, there can be numerous ways of doing the same thing) once you get your internet connection going for the new machine:
In the system tray area of the desktop in the lower right corner, there should be an icon that looks like a white shield and it should have a green check mark on it from what you’ve described above, but it might have a yellow exclamation point on it instead. Left click on it (just a single click) and that will bring up the Windows Security main window, which you’ve probably already seen, from the sounds of your post above. Now, click on the “Virus & threat protection” item. Now, scroll down a bit to show the item labeled “Virus & threat protection updates” and click on the blue wording below it that says “Check for updates”. In the resulting window, click the grey button labeled “Check for updates” and it should endeavor to check for them and automatically download and install them.
I know that, coming from Windows 7, a grey button seems to automatically mean that something’s not available, but in this case it is available.
If it succeeds in getting the latest updates for itself, you should be very close to Security intelligence version 1.331.466.0. The version number is current as of the writing of this post at 3:41 pm server time on February 7th, 2021.
Please let us know how this goes.
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