Microsoft Defender Antivirus is Snoozed...

Hi Gets,

If your problem persists;

Open the Services App and scroll down to the service, Security Center. It should be running

and set for Automatic (delayed start).

Scroll on down to the service, Microsoft Defender Antivirus Service. It should be running

and set for Automatic start.

Scroll on down to the service, Windows Security Service. It should be running and set for

Manual start.

If any of these services are not running, please reply with that information.

Regards,  Glen

Hi GetsHpOoFeD

I am Dave, an Independent Advisor, I will help you with this . . .

1

Open Windows Security

Click on Virus & threat protection on the left action bar

Scroll to Virus & threat protection settings and click Manage settings

Click the toggle button under Real-time protection to turn on Windows Defender Antivirus

If the above does not un-snooze Defender

2

First we need to check if Malware is affecting Defender:

You should run a scan with the free version of MalwareBytes

https://www.malwarebytes.com/

3

Then we need to delete a key in your Registry:

Click your Start Button, then just type cmd

From the resulting list, right click Command Prompt and choose 'Run as Administrator'

Paste this into Command Prompt and press Enter:

REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender" /v DisableAntiSpyware

Wait for that command to complete, then restart (not shut down) your PC

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