Fixato tells you what is actually protecting your PC — Microsoft Defender, or the antivirus you already installed — and shows you the readings behind the answer. No bundled antivirus, no bloat, no scare tactics.
You don't need another antivirus; you need to know whether the one you have is doing its job. Fixato reads Defender's real state, checks the places adware likes to hide, and tells you plainly what it sees — including "you're fine", when you are.
It reads Defender's status through Windows' own security APIs, along with the HOSTS file, browser policies and outbound connections. It can start a Defender scan and undo the proxy, DNS and HOSTS changes adware makes — it never installs a competing engine, and it never turns a Windows security setting down.
Real-time protection, signature freshness, scan history and exclusions — checked directly, so "you're protected" is a fact, not a hope.
Read-only. Fixato inspects the protection you already have.
Whether Defender's live shield is actually on — and, if another antivirus is registered, that it is the one on duty. Defender stepping aside for it is normal, not a problem.
Named toolget_defender_status
How old Defender's threat definitions are — stale signatures miss new threats. Fixato reports the age; Windows Update is what refreshes them.
Named toolget_defender_status
When Defender last scanned, and whether anything was found.
Named toolget_defender_status
Folders or files someone (or malware) told Defender to ignore — a classic hiding spot.
Named toolget_defender_status
Pop-ups, a search engine you never chose, a homepage that keeps coming back: Fixato reads the browser policies, the shortcut targets and the HOSTS file where that gets written.
Named toolsget_browser_hijack_stateget_hosts_file
Which program is talking to which address right now — the way a process that shouldn't be phoning home gets noticed.
Named toolget_network_connections
Each name above is one of Fixato's named tools. The agent picks from that closed list — it can't type a command of its own. The complete list is published with the licence.
Your confirmation every time, and every action goes through Windows' own mechanisms — no third-party engine is ever installed, and no protection setting is ever turned down to make a symptom go away.
Starts a quick or full Defender scan and shows you what it finds. It changes no settings — it only asks Defender to look.
Named toolstart_defender_scan
Resets the proxy and connection settings adware commonly rewrites, and flushes the stale DNS behind the redirects. If you're on a company network with a legitimate proxy, Fixato warns you first.
Named toolremove_browser_hijacker
Puts the HOSTS file back to Windows' default when malware has written redirections into it. The old file is backed up before anything is replaced.
Named toolreset_hosts_file
Each name above is one of Fixato's named tools. The agent picks from that closed list — it can't type a command of its own. The complete list is published with the licence.
Diagnosis is read-only. Every change needs your explicit confirmation and is logged on your machine; system repairs are preceded by a restore point — or they're blocked. See security & safety.
Honest diagnosis is free. No account needed.