Every time that I restart my computer, an annoying little pop up box would appear to tell me that I have no virus protection program on my computer when I obviously do have McAfee Security Center.
The Cause:
This gets pretty far down into being plain stupidity. Windows Defender does not refresh and update the fact that you have Virus software installed correctly.
The Fix:
There are several ways to avoid this problem, but I have found no way for Security Center to truly recognize the installed antivirus software.
The simplest way is to open Security Center by clicking the bubble that pops up and clicking "Change the way Security Center alerts me". Then select one of the other options so you do not see the annoying bubble at teh buttom of your screen. You may also miss other important notifications with this method.
This solution was advised, but did not end up working for me: restart the Security Center properly so that it can re-search for your antivirus software.
- Click the start menu and type "services" then press enter.
- Find the "Security Center" service and right click it and press properties then select "Disabled" from the Startup Type menu.
- Restart your computer.
- Type "services" and enter into the start menu again.
- Find the "Security Center" service and right click > properties. Set the Startup Type to "Automatic (Delayed Start)".
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