Windows Defender Security Center Solved

Question

Hello,
For several days now, my Security Center Windows Defender icon has been showing an exclamation mark (Recommended Actions) and when I open the Security Center Windows Defender I don’t see any errors (no action required). I also noticed that it indicates on the homepage that I am using another antivirus service while this is false (the control panel clearly states that it is Windows Defender) and the Windows Defender Security Center too, but on the homepage, it says otherwise.

Best regards,
capthor

pistouri · Accepted Answer

Hello,  Look in the Event Viewer → Windows logs  You might have an event related to Defender or the security center   -- pistouri

pistouri · Answer

Hello,

Is Windows Defender up to date? (Windows Update)

Have you done a Defender scan and then restarted the PC?

Do you have any cleaning software like Malwarebytes?

Have you installed and uninstalled another antivirus?

Do you have CCleaner?
It by default cleans the history of Windows Defender and adds
an exclamation mark (already seen on some PCs)

Give us the installed version of Windows
- 1607?
- 1703?

--
scalpel

pistouri · Answer

Hello Malekal,  I also had this exclamation point with  Creator update simply because I had unchecked an option in the Defender settings.  -- pistouri

pistouri · Answer

A bug certainly in this version which I think still has improvements ahead of it.

Additionally, a new version is expected to be released before the end of the year.

You can mark the subject Resolved
Best wishes
Have a nice day.

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pistouri

pistouri · Answer

Try  - A restart of the PC  - A complete shutdown and then you start normally.  --  scalpel

pistouri · Answer

What does a hot restart give?  -- scalpel

pistouri · Answer

Start Button → On / Off → Restart     -- pistouri

pistouri · Answer

Has the PC always had Windows Defender before updates or migrations?  What is the original version of Windows?  -- pistouri

pistouri · Answer

Perform a system file check  Type cmd in the Cortana search box  Right-click on Command Prompt and choose "Run as administrator"  Copy and paste this command  sfc /scannow  Then press Enter Duration → 20 minutes  If there are errors, copy and paste this command  Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth  Then press Enter  Type exit to quit or close the CMD window Restart the PC   -- scalpel

pistouri · Answer

You can refresh Windows without losing documents

Another solution: reinstall Windows with a Windows 10 ISO file

Windows 10 Media Creation Tool → here

Burn the ISO to USB, for example, using Rufus
The license is already registered with Microsoft servers (steps to skip during installation)

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pistouri

pistouri · Answer

Hello,

Check if you have any protection software from your ISP
Orange and SFR sometimes offer it, with toolbars in browsers

Take a screenshot using Revo to see the programs that are installed

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pistouri

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