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What would cause my Microsoft Virus and Threat Protection to turn off by itself?   It was and is updated.

Either a Virus or a Third Party Antivirus that you may have installed.

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I did run a quick scan after I saw that it was turned off and engaged the Windows virus protection

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Hi DougParker2,

I'm Charles, an Independent advisor trying to help.

Try to apply the following:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/protect/for...

I hope the steps work for you

Attentive to any comments

Have a happy day
Best Regards,
Charles.

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Wrong Link use this:

http://aka.ms/EasyFix_WindowsFirewall

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What would cause my Microsoft Virus and Threat Protection to turn off by itself?   It was and is updated.

Hello,

If you're using any third-party AV program, this is expected. You may need to uninstall third-party AV and that should resolve the issue.

Regards.

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Last updated April 16, 2020 Views 77 Applies to: