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Praxius
Jul 30, 2021Copper Contributor
Windows Security - Virus & Threat Protection Disabled & will not Reactivate
Greetings, I've been having issues with Windows Security starting up after every restart, which I had to manually activate. This hasn't been a huge deal for the most part, however in the...
Anthony
Jul 30, 2021Steel Contributor
In regards to Virus and Threat Protection it's a bug or glitch or whatever that's known and been reported by users. It's going back to the first official DEV build of Windows 11. I also had the same issue too going back to the first Windows 11 DEV build. It was reported many times by Windows 11 users on the Feedback Hub last month. Hopefully this is resolved in later DEV/Beta builds. I guess in the mean time to manually turn on Virus & Threat protection when you log on or turn on your computer.
Praxius
Jul 30, 2021Copper Contributor
Thanks, however the problem isn't manually starting Virus & Threat Protection every time I restart. The problem is that it now won't let me even do that and won't turn on at all (refer to above screenshot error).
If I could manually activate it, then I'm only vulnerable for a few seconds, no biggie. The problem is it's not activating at all, therefore this system is completely vulnerable all the time.
If I could manually activate it, then I'm only vulnerable for a few seconds, no biggie. The problem is it's not activating at all, therefore this system is completely vulnerable all the time.