In fact, it may be as simple as CCleaner removing MSE’s own log files. There are options in the “Applications” section of the CCleaner computer cleaning tool to clean MS AntiMalware, which I believe means that when selected, CCleaner may delete information that confuses MSE. If the status remains Unprotected or the scans never complete, then I’d absolutely have you take the appropriate steps to remove malware from your machine, as well as uninstalling and re-installing MSE. Because that is exactly what you’ve been doing and it still returns Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) to it’s green/Protected state, my opinion is that this is not the case for you. On the other hand, it’s also better to be safe than sorry, so running up-to-date anti-malware scans might be the first thing to do. Based on how often I see this symptom on clean machines (including my own), I’m skeptical that this is the case. Yes, there’s a small possibility that this is a side effect of malware on your machine. More often than not, it’s actually one of the first two. The malware definition database is out of date.“PC Status: Potentially unprotected” can actually happen for several different reasons: The warning that Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) throws is actually less than helpful. Potentially Unprotected Could Mean Several Things I’ve run into several theories about why this might happen. You have to put SignatureUpdate command next to MpCmdRun.exe as shown in the screenshot below.I’ve seen it, too. Now enter the full path of the directory where the MpCmdRun.exe is residing. Next select what you want to run when this task is executed. We would recommend that you select either Daily or When the computer starts. You can either run it daily, weekly, monthly, one time, when the computer starts, when I log on, or when a specific event is logged. Next, choose when you wish to run the task. You can also launch it by typing Task Scheduler in the Start Search. Side Note: We are using Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit.įirst of all launch Task Scheduler from Start > All Programs > Task Scheduler and click Create Basic Task option. In this post we are going to show how you can check for Microsoft Security Essentials Signature Updates on daily, weekly, or monthly basis using the Task Scheduler. We also discussed that running it via Scripts or the build-in Windows Task Scheduler can come useful. In one of our posts earlier today we talked about MSE command line utility MpCMdRun.exe.
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