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"Turn on Virus Protection" Notification appears after the latest update
So after the latest Windows 11 update I constantly get a single notification from Windows Defender claiming that it was turned off and suggesting to "Turn on Virus Protection". Fun fact is that Defen...
This is a known issue reported widely in forums. It might be caused by July Cumulative Update Preview or August Cumulative Updates. We may expect a fix from September Cumulative Updates.
Till then you can upvote the already reported feedback here in the Feedback hub:
Hope this helps!
Update 15.8
The notification stopped appearing after the restart. Windows Update started working normally again, as well as Windows Defender, which previously wasn’t receiving updates unless I manually clicked to check for them. For some reason, everything has returned to normal now.