Windows Defender

[xfiles63]

Hi everyone havent been on the forums in a while but Im having problem with windows defender.
My questions would be since windows 10 has Defender built into it,how to you activate or turn the program on so its running?
I have the same problem in win 7 on another computer?
Thanks in advance Aaron

[Salmon Trout]

In Windows 10, you will find a Windows Defender icon in Control Panel. Double click on it. You should see something like this:

If you see mainly green, including "PC status: Protected" and in the Home tab a heading saying "Your PC is being monitored and protected" then it is running as it should. Is this not happening?



In Windows 7, you have Microsoft Security Essentials, which looks exactly the same.

See here to use Defender istead of MSE

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/6397-windows-defender-turn-off.html

[xfiles63]

No its not happening,I keep getting a message that it is turn off.I click on open defender and the list comes up to turn features on but Im unable to activate it.