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Dogekovich
Aug 29, 2026Copper Contributor
Turn on virus protection notification pops up every single startup
Hi Microsoft Community! I've been having the "Turn on virus protection" notification pop up every single time I turn on my PC. I uninstalled McAfee a few years ago and enabled Windows Defender. The O...
Elenaans
Sep 01, 2026Tin Contributor
You mentioned this notification appears at startup and you have Windows Defender on. If you've confirmed Defender is active and protecting your PC (by opening Windows Security and seeing "Virus & threat protection" is green), you may be affected by a recently confirmed Microsoft issue.