Daniel Hirons

Yes, that's exactly the same as what I initially got. It said that my
firewall was turned off so I turned it back on - and that sorted the problem.
However, I am getting the same problem as you with the windows defender
because Norton antivirus is saying that my computer is safe and windwos
defender also says that everything is working but I still get it saying that
there is no widnwos defender on the security centre. But to be honest why
should I have to unistall Norton Antivirus when I've paid £20 for it and it
says that it does work on Windows Vista?
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Dan


"AMM" wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've just experienced the exact same problem as Daniel Hirons had in my
> activated Windows Vista Ultimate Edition. I've been using activated Norton
> 360 for the past few months now with no problems so far, when earlier today I
> was alerted with a Windows Security Center notification. I checked the
> Security Center to find two red alerts: one relating to Windows Firewall
> turned off; the other, to lack of virus protection as well as Windows
> Defender turned off. This is strange as these warnings have appeared in spite
> of Norton 360 on green condition, stating that my PC is being protected;
> Windows Defender also gives a thumbs up, stating that my "computer is running
> normally". This is the first time I have received such warnings and as I try
> turning on Windows Defender, I am informed that there are no new updates
> available at the moment and the program remains not functioning. So what I
> did was I ran System Restore twice: one to the latest Windows Update restore
> point; the other to the latest System Scheduled restore point. However, both
> attempts have resulted with failure, saying that windows settings have not
> been restored.
>
> Just as additional points, I am quite a fan of utorrent and downloading
> numerous programs, with caution of course, and my wife is quite an online
> game addict. Most of the time I'm online, connected through DSL with an
> Edimax router. Additionally, I have two other spyware protection (not
> real-time) which I've downloaded from download.com and run them rather
> occasionally for safety.
>
> I hope I will soon receive some help since at the moment I am quite loyal to
> Norton 360. I could have transfered to ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite 7.1
> but I find that it takes too much time to load on startup and has caused me
> to lose connection to the internet.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help