Windows 10: Unable to start Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection Service

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The Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection service is a critical security component in Windows. When this service fails to start, your system becomes vulnerable to advanced threats and malware, as real-time protection and monitoring are disabled. You may have noticed that when you try to start it manually from the Services Manager, you ar unable […]

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Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection Service - Error 1067

Are you running the PC on an enterprise network and logging on to a domain? If not, the Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection Service won't run and shouldn't be started. It's not intended for stand-alone PCs.

Announcing Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection for Enterprise

The service that should be running (on Automatic) is Windows Defender Antivirus Service. If you have Cloud-based protection and Automatic sample submission turned on the (Manual) Windows Defender Antivirus Network Inspection Service should also be running.

The previously suggested in-place repair install is quite painless and preserves all your installed apps, settings and files. It should fix things if you can't get them going yourself.

 

WINDOWS DEFENDER ADVANCED THREAT PROTECTION

I am unable to start the Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection. It begins to start but almost immediately stops.

I get a message from Services that reads:

"The Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection Service service on Local Computer started and then stopped. Some services stop automatically if they are not in use by other services or programs."

I don't understand that. Of course it's not in use because I'm unable to start it.

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Thank you.

 

The Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection Service service terminated unexpectedly.

Hi Vincenzo,

Are you seeing multiple error events related to the Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection service (Sense)? You can check Control Panel → View Reliability History to see if the Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection service is crashing.

I had the same issue in one of my systems. Eventually, I had to delete the Sense service. MSSense.exe Crashes: Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection Service Executable. This may not be the best advice, but that's the only one that worked. Note that this service doesn't exist on Windows Home editions.