Windows Live OneCare safety scanner is a free service designed to help ensure the health of your PC. All you need to do is download and install the software and run the scanner. It will scan your computer for viruses and adware, clean up unneeded files on your hard drive, check your disk to see if it needs to be defragmented and check your internet connection for open ports that may be a vulnerability.
PC Safety Scan Features
Fix specific PC issues
Use the full service scan to check everything. To help fix particular problems on your PC, turn to the individual scanners below.
Protection Center
Use the protection scan to check for and remove viruses, spyware, and other potentially unwanted software and to find vulnerabilities in your Internet connection.
Clean Up Center
Use the clean up scan to find and get rid of unwanted stuff on your computer that might be slowing it down.
Tune Up Center
Use the tune up scan to see if you should defragment your hard disk to help improve performance, and then let us do it for you.
The PC Safety Scan Process
The installation process.
The Virus and spyware scan
The registry scan
The scan results
The repair process
The scan summary
All you need to do is go to the Microsoft PC Safety Scan website to downoad and run the scan
http://safety.live.com
There is also a beta edition for Windows Vista
http://safety.live.com/site/en-us/center/whatsnew.htm
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Free Antivirus Software and Online Scans
McAfee Free Online Virus Scan
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