Third-party firewall installed but Windows action center shows actions needed icon

Hi,

Windows Defender will only pop up to inform you when it finds malware. It won’t even ask you what you want to do with the malicious software it finds. It will just clean things up and quarantines the files automatically.

You’ll occasionally see a notification popup to let you know when a scan has been performed, and you can usually see the details of the last scan by opening the Action Center in Windows 10.

You can view Windows Defender’s scan history anytime you want, and if you’re notified that it has blocked malware, you can view that information too.

To get to Windows Defender Security Center, just hit Start, type “defender,” and then select “Windows Defender Security Center.”

To know more about Windows Defender, we suggest checking out these links:

• What is Windows Defender?
• Help protect my computer with Windows Defender

Let us know if you need further assistance.

Thank you dear Joanna but the problem I've had is :

Which causes:

And you will never know if this icon means: 

so in this case you need to do some real action to protect the device form malwares or other threats.

Note that I have a third-party firewall installed on my device instead of windows built-in firewall (NOT Windows Defender) and all I need is that the windows detects my own firewall and turns the firewall warning off.

I hope this explains the problem clearly.

Thank you again

Hello,

Thank you for the prompt response. The Windows Defender is built in antivirus installed to your computer to automatically detect possible issues/malwares on your computer. The icon that you are seeing means that your Windows Defender Firewall is turned off. Yes, you computer may free to any viruses. However, the function of Windows Defender Firewall is to protect your computer with malicious software getting accessing

through the Internet or a network.  Since you are using a third-party firewall, to avoid conflict it's automatically turned off. If you want to disable it again, we recommend following the steps on this link.

If you have other concerns, let us know.

Hi Dr. Lem,

If you are more comfortable using a third-party antivirus software, the built-in Windows Defender security app will be disabled automatically after installing the software. This is because running two antivirus program at the same is not possible in Windows 10. If you have already installed your preferred antivirus program, you may select it as your means of protection from any threats on your PC or switch back to Windows Defender if you would like to.

If you have other questions or concerns, feel free to reach out to the community.

Kind regards.