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Windows Defender Threat Service Has Stopped, Restart It Now

Hi, admin! I’m trying to turn on Windows Defender on Windows 10, but in the “Windows Defender Security Center”, the “Virus & threat protection” component has the message: “Threat service has been stopped. Restart it now“. If I try to restart Microsoft Defender using the appropriate button an unknown error appears: “Unexpected error. Sorry, we ran into a problem. Please try again”. How do I fix Windows Defender Antivirus? Thank you in advance!

December 20, 2022 17 comments

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