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[tigers_gonads]

Computer running Windows 10.

I keep getting a pop up stating there is a recommended update for my pc which leads to a chrome download page.
Normally, I just right click on the taskbar and get rid.
Now, that doesn't work 
Also if you click on the "cansel upgrade" text, it takes you to a download page anyway.
How do I stop this and no i'm going to idiot the pc with Percy the persuader 

[deviator]

What anti-virus are you running?

Do you use Chrome? Could it be an actual update from Chrome? If so open Chrome and find the update option from the dropdown menus. See if that gets rid of it.

I wouldn't recommend you follow the link provided by this pop up, in case it's nasty.

[tigers_gonads]

What anti-virus are you running?

Do you use Chrome? Could it be an actual update from Chrome? If so open Chrome and find the update option from the dropdown menus. See if that gets rid of it.

I wouldn't recommend you follow the link provided by this pop up, in case it's nasty.

I only ever use IE / Edge.
Used to have Safari but nowdays, I avoid other stuff like the plague 
Anti virus is bog standard Windows Defender that comes with Win 10 

[deviator]

If you don't have Chrome installed, it sounds like a virus.

Windows Defender isn't anti virus. It does a small proportion of what a proper anti virus does. As such I'd start with one of the following.....
Avast AV
AVG
Both are free for home use Anti Virus.

Also look at MalwareBytes & Ad Aware which deal with spyware/malware/tracking cookies etc; Again, both have free versions.

If you find anything worrying, or there are issues with any of the above then Microtrend Housecall is an online virus checker, it runs in a browser window and searches your local file system.

[tigers_gonads]

Used Malwarebytes in the past so i'll give that ago 

[deviator]

I would still strongly suggest you install and keep one of the two above Free AV programs.

[tigers_gonads]

Well Malwarebytes just found 73 things it didn't like 
This pc is pretty old and not the fastest so i'll see how it goes before I stick anything else on it 

Thanks 

[Bigron]

May I hitch a ride on tbis IT topic, please?
Not a serious fault, but in the last couple of weeks or so, when I press the "Sleep" button to close my PC down, part of the way through the process it displays the screen "Preparing to stand by", and that is as far as it goes, no further action.
To close the PC I have to crash out by pressing the main OFF switch, which means that it closes all open applications and have to do a full restart the next morning.
I have done nothing untoward and there aren't any odd lights on the keyboard.
Help?

Ron.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Mine tells me Toshiba flash cards app is till open every time I shut it down. Fick knows what that's about. 

[TheBoy]

If you don't use Chrome, uninstall it from Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel.  Chrome is seriously flawed anyway, so if you do use it, update it from within the app regularly.

[TheBoy]

May I hitch a ride on tbis IT topic, please?
Not a serious fault, but in the last couple of weeks or so, when I press the "Sleep" button to close my PC down, part of the way through the process it displays the screen "Preparing to stand by", and that is as far as it goes, no further action.
To close the PC I have to crash out by pressing the main OFF switch, which means that it closes all open applications and have to do a full restart the next morning.
I have done nothing untoward and there aren't any odd lights on the keyboard.
Help?

Ron.

Is it S3 standby, or hybernation?

If S3, 9 times out of 10, its a shitty driver.  Also, 9 times out of 10, even a 10yr old PC should boot Win 10 almost as fast as bringing out of S3.

[ronnyd]

I use C-Cleaner and then Malwarebytes on mine. So far good. Was set up by my son when he visited last year.

[Mr Gav]

IIRC Chrome doesn`t notify you through Windows for updates so it`s definitely fishy.

I use Kaspersky and it has a software updater so I get notifications through that, which is nice because it flags up anything untoward 

[Rods2]

IIRC Chrome doesn`t notify you through Windows for updates so it`s definitely fishy.

I use Kaspersky and it has a software updater so I get notifications through that, which is nice because it flags up anything untoward 

Russian based Kaspersky works closely with their state security agency the FSB (KGB) with your data going via their Russian cloud so they will know more about you than any Western companies or Governments know and they will have backdoor control of your PC for use as and when. After several US Government breaches of security including at the NSA traced back to Kaspersky anti-virus software, used by US Government employees, the US government has now banned its use of Kaspersky by any Government employees or associated contractors. As the Cold War hots up you could unwittingly become part of a Russian DDOS or Infrastructure attack Botnet like has happened in both Estonia and Ukraine. I would recommend changing to Avast or AVG.

[TheBoy]

Kaspersky has had some bad press lately, and have supposedly given the source to various Western authorities for them to look at.

Clearly the US security agencies still aren't happy, but whether or not that's the US playing silly buggers or Kaspersky showing modified code will never been known.

This is not the first time this has been rumoured, and part of the reason I stopped using it 15+ years ago.  That said, I wouldn't use AVG or Avast either