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Windows defender question ?

Each time I re-boot my laptop , windows defender icon appears and a balloon window says , ...windows defender has been turned off. I have to open and click repeatadly to get it turned on again . Why?????

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    update it

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Are you perhaps running Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) as your anti-virus program.?

    MSE includes Windows Defender in it, so it intentionally disables the separate Defender that comes with Windows.

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