I ran into this issue today with windows defender, before I say this no I do not have another ant-virus program of that sort. Basically in Windows Defender I have Turn-On Real Time Protection checked in the settings tab. Skip the fade mod. But under the home tab it shows its off. When I check it to turn on it takes a long time to load and I get an error saying it cant be turned on, I have 2 Pictures please look at them.
I also tried messing with the services and it doesent let me restart or discable etc. Also my windows is up to date and no virus is on my computer.
If you have another virus scanner installed windows defender will detect it and refuse to run.if you had norton trial version and remove it, they leave a driver installed that blocks windows defender from running.some other causes but mostly I see the norton driver still installed after the product was removed. You have to go to their website and run a program to remove the last of their software.you can start cmd.exe as a admin (windows key+x, then type A)then run the commanddriverquery.exeit will provide a list of drivers installed, you have to look at the list and see names that are from antivirus products.to figure out if this is your problem. If you have another virus scanner installed windows defender will detect it and refuse to run.if you had norton trial version and remove it, they leave a driver installed that blocks windows defender from running.some other causes but mostly I see the norton driver still installed after the product was removed.
You have to go to their website and run a program to remove the last of their software.you can start cmd.exe as a admin (windows key+x, then type A)then run the commanddriverquery.exeit will provide a list of drivers installed, you have to look at the list and see names that are from antivirus products.to figure out if this is your problem.Okay I never had any other ant-virus programs installed tho, I still did the run and I got lots of drivers cant seem to find anything noticable, can I send you screenshots of the list? If you have another virus scanner installed windows defender will detect it and refuse to run.if you had norton trial version and remove it, they leave a driver installed that blocks windows defender from running.some other causes but mostly I see the norton driver still installed after the product was removed.
You have to go to their website and run a program to remove the last of their software.you can start cmd.exe as a admin (windows key+x, then type A)then run the commanddriverquery.exeit will provide a list of drivers installed, you have to look at the list and see names that are from antivirus products.to figure out if this is your problem.Okay I never had any other ant-virus programs installed tho, I still did the run and I got lots of drivers cant seem to find anything noticable, can I send you screenshots of the list? If you have another virus scanner installed windows defender will detect it and refuse to run.if you had norton trial version and remove it, they leave a driver installed that blocks windows defender from running.some other causes but mostly I see the norton driver still installed after the product was removed. You have to go to their website and run a program to remove the last of their software.you can start cmd.exe as a admin (windows key+x, then type A)then run the commanddriverquery.exeit will provide a list of drivers installed, you have to look at the list and see names that are from antivirus products.to figure out if this is your problem.Okay I never had any other ant-virus programs installed tho, I still did the run and I got lots of drivers cant seem to find anything noticable, can I send you screenshots of the list?Here are all the screenshots.
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Greetings, justsyple:- What Windows 10 version/build are you running?- Have you tried to activate Defender from the Settings app?- Windows 10 version 1511 (OS Build 10586.633)- Yes, and i cantYou do not have the newest version of Windows 10. To visit the Windows 10 download page on Microsoft.com. You're looking for the big blue button that says Update Now.It will update to the newest version of Windows 10, keep your current activation, copy all files and applications to the new version, and keep everything in the old version in a folder located at C:Windows.old (this directory assumes that Windows is installed on the C: drive). Greetings, justsyple:- What Windows 10 version/build are you running?- Have you tried to activate Defender from the Settings app?- Windows 10 version 1511 (OS Build 10586.633)- Yes, and i cantYou do not have the newest version of Windows 10. To visit the Windows 10 download page on Microsoft.com. You're looking for the big blue button that says Update Now.It will update to the newest version of Windows 10, keep your current activation, copy all files and applications to the new version, and keep everything in the old version in a folder located at C:Windows.old (this directory assumes that Windows is installed on the C: drive)Okay, I will do this and then see if the windows defender can turn on real-time protection.
Greetings, justsyple:- What Windows 10 version/build are you running?- Have you tried to activate Defender from the Settings app?- Windows 10 version 1511 (OS Build 10586.633)- Yes, and i cantYou do not have the newest version of Windows 10. To visit the Windows 10 download page on Microsoft.com. You're looking for the big blue button that says Update Now.It will update to the newest version of Windows 10, keep your current activation, copy all files and applications to the new version, and keep everything in the old version in a folder located at C:Windows.old (this directory assumes that Windows is installed on the C: drive)Okay, I will do this and then see if the windows defender can turn on real-time protectionIt may have realized that it's no longer current and simply disabled itself to avoid a possible security issue. I'm not certain of this, but it's a possibility.
If this turns out to be the cause, updating the system will fix your issue. Greetings, justsyple:- What Windows 10 version/build are you running?- Have you tried to activate Defender from the Settings app?- Windows 10 version 1511 (OS Build 10586.633)- Yes, and i cantYou do not have the newest version of Windows 10.
To visit the Windows 10 download page on Microsoft.com. You're looking for the big blue button that says Update Now.It will update to the newest version of Windows 10, keep your current activation, copy all files and applications to the new version, and keep everything in the old version in a folder located at C:Windows.old (this directory assumes that Windows is installed on the C: drive)Okay, I will do this and then see if the windows defender can turn on real-time protectionIt may have realized that it's no longer current and simply disabled itself to avoid a possible security issue. I'm not certain of this, but it's a possibility. If this turns out to be the cause, updating the system will fix your issue.i updated but its still the same issue, i downloaded BitDefender because Windows Defender unfortunately is not working for me.
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Windows Defender Real Time Won't Turn On
Hello andPlease reinstall Malwarebytes if removed and run the following for me.Please run the following steps and post back the logs as an attachment when ready.STEP 01.If you're already running Malwarebytes 3 then open Malwarebytes and check for updates. Then click on the Scan tab and select Threat Scan and click on Start Scan button.If you don't have Malwarebytes 3 installed yet please download it from and install it.Once installed then open Malwarebytes and check for updates.