Too many other systems rely on our being well-informed and skillful. We need to be told the truth about interoperability in a timely fashion.
On this system, using the Malwarebytes cleaner to remove Malwarebytes immediately caused Windows Defender to start up. Except now Windows Defender service is set on Manual and CANNOT be changed (grayed out).Ī reboot of this system did nothing. Microsoft Threat Experts Microsoft Threat Experts is a managed hunting service that uses artificial intelligence to detect and prioritize attacks. Then I checked a Windows 8 system and almost the same thing. The Windows Defender service was not running and was set to Manual. So, my expectation is that 3.0 will continue to cooperate (as advertised). I've used Malwarebytes alongside Windows Defender VERY successfully on MANY computers for years. Today, on a Windows 7 Pro system, I found Windows Defender not running. This is important because I use it on my customer's systems!!! My Chromebook never treated me like this.įEEDBACK Get in touch with me privately by email at my full name at Gmail.I couldn't say initially that this is related to Malwarebytes update package BUT it seemed suspicious. This really begs the question of whether Windows anti-virus software helps more than it hurts. Perhaps I should have rebooted after modifying the registry. Still, there was a small scare afterwards. Windows Defender initially complained (above) that its service was stopped, and clicking the button to start it, produced my old friend, the message that "This program is blocked by group policy".īut that was a scam, everything worked fine in Windows Defender. Running Windows Defender the first time after re-enabling it in the registry You have to be logged on as an Administrator to change this field, restricted users can only view the current value. its been a few days that it happend, im not sure what cause it. Changing the 1 to a 0 was all that it took. i try restarting it but it give me an error, i even tried googling it but non of their ways work too. On the computer with Avast installed, it was 1. If it is zero, then Windows Defender can run free. The critical registry key is DisableAntiSpyware. HKey_Local_Machine\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender In brief, the fix was to run regedit and navigate to The solution that worked for me (Windows 7, 64 bit) was documented here: How to Fix Error Code 0x800704ec when Turning On Windows Defender. The article offers three solutions, I used the one that updates the registry, but, of course, not until I made a Restore Point. Despite the error message from Windows, Avast had not used group policy to disable Windows Defender. Online searches turned up assorted suggestions for configuring group policy, but that wasn't my problem.
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