Vista - Malware protection wont turn on???

03-11-2008

Everytime I go to Windows security its telling me that my Malware protection
is'nt turned on, I go through the motions of turning it back on (both virus
and spyware protection) and it still says its turned off? my spyware and
other malware protection is AVG and Defender, does anybody know why this is
or how I can turn it back on?
Please, please, please help.

03-11-2008

"CLOSE_6" <CLOSE_6@xxxxxx> wrote:

Quote:

> Everytime I go to Windows security its telling me that my Malware
> protection is'nt turned on, I go through the motions of turning it back
> on (both virus and spyware protection) and it still says its turned off?
> my spyware and other malware protection is AVG and Defender,
> does anybody know why this is or how I can turn it back on?

There is a general approach that may fix your problem. All of the commands
are typed in manually at a command prompt (Accessories menu). Run as
administrator.

Method 1:
winmgmt /verifyrepository

If WMI repository is reported to be inconcistent, run the following command:
winmgmt /salvagerepository

Method 2:
net stop winmgmt /y
cd %windir%\system32\wbem\
ren repository repository.old

Then restart.

Charlie42

03-12-2008

In article <08933040-6301-43BD-B317-EBF26F1F10BF@xxxxxx>, CLOSE_6
@discussions.microsoft.com says...

Quote:

> Everytime I go to Windows security its telling me that my Malware protection
> is'nt turned on, I go through the motions of turning it back on (both virus
> and spyware protection) and it still says its turned off? my spyware and
> other malware protection is AVG and Defender, does anybody know why this is
> or how I can turn it back on?
> Please, please, please help.
>

I've had a similar problem. Reinstall of AVG fixed that, but I had to
reinstall Vista completely to get Defender to work right. I have no
idea what caused it, but everythng has been fine since the reload 6
months ago.

-bb

03-11-2008	#1 (permalink)
CLOSE_6 n/a posts	Malware protection wont turn on??? Everytime I go to Windows security its telling me that my Malware protection is'nt turned on, I go through the motions of turning it back on (both virus and spyware protection) and it still says its turned off? my spyware and other malware protection is AVG and Defender, does anybody know why this is or how I can turn it back on? Please, please, please help.
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03-11-2008	#2 (permalink)
Charlie42 n/a posts	Re: Malware protection wont turn on??? "CLOSE_6" <CLOSE_6@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > Everytime I go to Windows security its telling me that my Malware > protection is'nt turned on, I go through the motions of turning it back > on (both virus and spyware protection) and it still says its turned off? > my spyware and other malware protection is AVG and Defender, > does anybody know why this is or how I can turn it back on? There is a general approach that may fix your problem. All of the commands are typed in manually at a command prompt (Accessories menu). Run as administrator. Method 1: winmgmt /verifyrepository If WMI repository is reported to be inconcistent, run the following command: winmgmt /salvagerepository Method 2: net stop winmgmt /y cd %windir%\system32\wbem\ ren repository repository.old Then restart. Charlie42
My System Specs

03-12-2008	#3 (permalink)
bb n/a posts	Re: Malware protection wont turn on??? In article <08933040-6301-43BD-B317-EBF26F1F10BF@xxxxxx>, CLOSE_6 @discussions.microsoft.com says... Quote: > Everytime I go to Windows security its telling me that my Malware protection > is'nt turned on, I go through the motions of turning it back on (both virus > and spyware protection) and it still says its turned off? my spyware and > other malware protection is AVG and Defender, does anybody know why this is > or how I can turn it back on? > Please, please, please help. > I've had a similar problem. Reinstall of AVG fixed that, but I had to reinstall Vista completely to get Defender to work right. I have no idea what caused it, but everythng has been fine since the reload 6 months ago. -bb
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