I get an error stating windows defender service does not exist as an installed service 0x80070000424 I don't have microsoft essential. It was working fine until today. When I open the program and click on tools and others it will not click at all. Also, real protected is off. Also, its not under the services.
Hi,
In win-7 windows defender is Not a antivirus program,
So what do you have installed as one
Install MSE if you haven't already or any third party antivirus if you wish they would usually disable defender anyway.
Cheers.
Hi like I said defender is not a antivirus program in windows 7
This is although not a very good one,
Microsoft Security Essentials - Microsoft Windows
Hi,
Then you shouldn't have a computer connected to the internet if you don't want an antivirus program.
Now if you wish too = not sure at this point but here goes nothing :)
Review Jacee’s instructions to run Adwcleaner here post #7,
Ignore the title of the thread,
https://www.sevenforums.com/system-security/316404-instant-savings-app.html
On the BleepingComputer site use the button that looks like this,
You can use these free tools to see if they find anything,
Manually Update them before running full scans,
Try not to use your computer while the scans are running, (one at a time of course).
See this tutorial on how to download and run Malwarebytes,
https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/338716-malwarebytes-anti-malware-free.html
Also use the Custom scan option not the Threat scan,
Please Do Not clean/ Delete or Remove Any detections before posting the scan results first before review especially Malwarebytes,
http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free
SAS is safe to remove anything it finds
http://www.superantispyware.com/?tag=SUPERANTISPYWARE
This one is the longest up to 4 hours, the others are only about 45 minutes,
http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx
Rose1,
If the above does not work, please run the following program to see what it shows about Windows Defender:
Please download SystemLook from one of the links below and save it to your Desktop.
Download Mirror #1
Download Mirror #2
- Double-click SystemLook.exe to run it.
- Copy the content inside the following codebox into the main textfield:
Code::reg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/System/CurrentControlSet/services/WinDefend :service WinDefend- Click the Look button to start the scan.
- When finished, a notepad window opens on the Desktop with the results of the scan.
Please post the SystemLook.txt in your next reply.
Download: Downloading Farbar Service Scanner
Let's get a view of all services and dependencies scoped by the tool...
Make sure the following options are checked:
Internet Services
Windows Firewall
System Restore
Security Center
Windows Update
Windows Defender
Press: Scan
When done, FSS creates a log, FSS.txt, on the Desktop.
There is a Registry merge file that can be downloaded to deal with the problem you are having, however, it is best not to do so blindly.
Has your computer been infected lately? Asking this, because there is malware that raises havoc with services, and Windoew Defender is one of the favorites for it to target. We need to be sure malware is not involved.
Thanks.
System look gave me an error as script required.Rose1,
If the above does not work, please run the following program to see what it shows about Windows Defender:
Download Mirror #1
Download Mirror #2
- Double-click SystemLook.exe to run it.
- Copy the content inside the following codebox into the main textfield:
Code::reg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/System/CurrentControlSet/services/WinDefend :service WinDefend- Click the Look button to start the scan.
- When finished, a notepad window opens on the Desktop with the results of the scan.
Download: Downloading Farbar Service Scanner
Let's get a view of all services and dependencies scoped by the tool...
Make sure the following options are checked:
Internet Services
Windows Firewall
System Restore
Security Center
Windows Update
Windows Defender
Press: Scan
When done, FSS creates a log, FSS.txt, on the Desktop.
There is a Registry merge file that can be downloaded to deal with the problem you are having, however, it is best not to do so blindly.
Has your computer been infected lately? Asking this, because there is malware that raises havoc with services, and Windoew Defender is one of the favorites for it to target. We need to be sure malware is not involved.
Thanks.
The other worked and here it is:
Farbar Service Scanner Version: 17-01-2015
Ran by rose (administrator) on 17-05-2015 at 13:39:41
Running from "C:\Users\rose\Downloads"
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Service Pack 1 (X86)
Boot Mode: Normal
****************************************************************
Internet Services:
============
Connection Status:
==============
Localhost is accessible.
LAN connected.
Google IP is accessible.
Google.com is accessible.
Yahoo.com is accessible.
Windows Firewall:
=============
Firewall Disabled Policy:
==================
Action Center:
============
Windows Defender:
==============
WinDefend Service is not running. Checking service configuration:
Checking Start type: ATTENTION!=====> Unable to open WinDefend registry key. The service key does not exist.
Checking ImagePath: ATTENTION!=====> Unable to open WinDefend registry key. The service key does not exist.
Checking ServiceDll: ATTENTION!=====> Unable to open WinDefend registry key. The service key does not exist.
Other Services:
==============
File Check:
========
C:\Windows\system32\nsisvc.dll => File is digitally signed
C:\Windows\system32\Drivers\nsiproxy.sys => File is digitally signed
C:\Windows\system32\dhcpcore.dll => File is digitally signed
C:\Windows\system32\Drivers\afd.sys => File is digitally signed
C:\Windows\system32\Drivers\tdx.sys => File is digitally signed
C:\Windows\system32\Drivers\tcpip.sys => File is digitally signed
C:\Windows\system32\dnsrslvr.dll => File is digitally signed
C:\Windows\system32\mpssvc.dll => File is digitally signed
C:\Windows\system32\bfe.dll => File is digitally signed
C:\Windows\system32\Drivers\mpsdrv.sys => File is digitally signed
C:\Windows\system32\wscsvc.dll => File is digitally signed
C:\Windows\system32\wbem\WMIsvc.dll => File is digitally signed
C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MpSvc.dll => File is digitally signed
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe => File is digitally signed
C:\Windows\system32\rpcss.dll => File is digitally signed
**** End of log ****
Hello Rose,
In addition, see if downloading and merging the .reg file for the Windows Defender service from the tutorial below may help. It will restore the default registry entries for the service. :)
Services - Restore Default Services in Windows 7
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