Windows Firewall Disabled Code 5

mcbeat257 · 08 Apr 2013

Hi Guys,
I just did the Farbry Scanner again and it says that Windows Defender is turned off. And when I go to the service and start it it appears a corrupted service.

The firewall works but this service appears to not work at all.

cottonball · 08 Apr 2013

Windows Defender is disabled in the Registry:

Windows Defender Disabled Policy:
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[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender]
"DisableAntiSpyware"=DWORD:1

What AntiVirus program do you have running?

mcbeat257 · 08 Apr 2013

Currently Microsoft Security Essentials

Anak · 08 Apr 2013

That is by design: Windows Defender and Microsoft Security Essentials on Windows 7, - Microsoft Community next to last FAQ.

Britton30 · 08 Apr 2013

I believe most security software will disable Windows Defender.

mcbeat257 · 08 Apr 2013

Oh yeah I think I did disable that very bad software since it was so bad. How do you remove Windows Defender completely or is it part of the OS? Is there a patch where you can remove it safely? :/

Britton30 · 08 Apr 2013

That's true, I don't think it can be uninstalled, but disabled only.

cottonball · 08 Apr 2013

Currently Microsoft Security Essentials

Graphical representation:
Windows Defender

<< Microsoft Security Essentials

Disabled is right!!

RicardoBohner · 09 Apr 2013

What a pitty the problem is solved already, I would have liked to suggest to try another administer account to see if the problem is only related to your user or any user on the computer and there is also some options on Group Policy Editor for Windows Firewall that could be causing Access erros...

I wounder what this tweaking Windows Repair tool does? Because I always like to know what is going on in my computer.

Anyway, good to know that the problem is solved.

ICIT2LOL · 09 Apr 2013

Britton30 said:

I believe most security software will disable Windows Defender.

Yep mate most of everything I have tried has disabled it as a default action.