Virus Protection Question

Hi Liz -

No problem.

Actually, neither update is related to the new Security Essentials software.

Both the Genuine Advantage and Malicious Software Protection Updates are common Windows XP system updates. They can be installed manually or they will ultimately be installed automatically (Windows schedules this kind of routine system update at odd times – but eventually they’ll occur).

If you feel inclined to install them, great. If not, just clear the messages – or ignore them. We usually run them whenever we’re in the office checking on things.

Best,

hunter greene Brainspiral Technologies, Inc. ————————————————————————————- hunter@brainspiral.com http://www.brainspiral.com

On Feb 24, 2010, at 12:44 PM, Liz wrote:

> Hunter — > > When I turned on my computer, I was prompted to install “Windows > Genuine Advantage” and “Microsoft Malicious Software Proctection > Updates” and some message about not getting spyware, etc. I ignored > the message, but as we know I’m bad with computers and don’t know > what I’m doing most of the time, so is this something I should be > installing? As far as I know, the virus protection I have is with > “Microsoft Security Essentials” — is this Genuine Advantage stuff > related? > > Thanks, > Liz > > > O