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Microsoft Security Essential scan alert everyday

You get an orange icon alert on Microsoft Security Essential, stating " I hadn't done a scan for a while and my computer may be at risk. " even when you have done the computer scan. Such alert is shown if you are running CCleaner everyday. CCleaner is actually removing MSE history file which MSE checks to determine the last time a scan was conducted. In case you don't want to receive such alert, you can prevent ccleaner from deleting the MS Antimalware scanning file. How to prevent CCleaner from deleting MS Antimalware history file. 1. Open CCleaner 2. Under Cleaner > Applications tab > Windows 3. Uncheck MS AntiMalware

Ubuntu packages updating

Ubuntu package/software's are can be updated using GUI tool. In case you want to do it from the terminal you have to use apt-get command. apt-get update Used to sync with package index from the source via Internet. apt-get upgrade Used to perform an upgrade to all existing installed packages apt-get install Used to install new packages on the system or upgrade existing installed system. apt-get purge Used to remove packages and configuration files.

Ubuntu apt-get update Error

If you encounter the following error when you run apt-get update or any command associated with apt-get like the one below E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable) E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists / To resolve the above problem run the following commands in sequence. sudo apt-get autoremove sudo apt-get install -f