Your Computer might be at risk, how to disable this popup?

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

“… Your Computer might be at risk”, you must have seen this error message popping now and then near clock area of system tray. This message can appear due to 3 reasons including: firewall disabled, automatic updates disabled and no Anti-Virus software on the computer.

Steps to disable this Pop-up

1. Click Start > Settings > Control Panel.
2. Click on Security Center shield icon.
3. On left side under resources, see last option ‘Change the way security center alerts me’.
4. Uncheck all or few options for: Firewall, Automatic updates, Virus protection and click on OK.

Caution & Warning

Above steps will ensure that you do not see this popup again. Ideally, you should keep all these options enabled / checked. Firewall should be set to enable to prevent any malicious attack. Also, computer should have Virus protection software installed with perfectly updated Windows by enabling Automatic Updates.

▼ More Readings
  • Disable / stop Windows automatic updates on computer
    Automatic Windows updates is a handy feature that updates Windows operating system in background. However, some users may not like due to constant drain of precious bandwidth as a result of background downloads. Although not recommended,...
  • How to turn ON / enable automatic updates in Windows
    Microsoft continuously release new updates and patches for Windows operating system installed on your computer. It is important to have updated operating system for secure computing environment. You can enabled automatic updates and allows Windows to...
  • Could not flush the DNS Resolver Cache error message
    While trying to clear DNS Cache on Windows XP or Vista computer, you might get error “Could not flush the DNS Resolver Cache” instead of successful flushing of DNS cache. We generally get this error when...
Loading
Tags: ,
Add a Comment
Have your say, add a comment
If you want an image to show with your comment, go get a gravatar!