Windows 10: Red x in wicrows defender when I use Malwarebytes software

Hello,


I use windows 10 and when I installed Malwarebytes a red x appears on the window defender.

How can I get the defender to original state and still use Malwarebytes?


Thank you,

Gregg Di Lorenzo

MA

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Defender disabled by Malwarebytes?

Recently there were various changes regarding Malwarebytes...

Malwarebytes 3 - Frequently Asked Questions

especially:
https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/191650-malwarebytes-30-frequently-asked-questions/#comment-1077438

Suggestion to read

Malwarebytes for Windows Help - Settings

Scroll down to Windows Action Center, see:

You may have noticed a flag in your system tray that sometimes has a red icon with a white X appear over the flag. That is a status indicator for the Windows Action Center, which tells you when your computer has a security issue that needs your attention.
Malwarebytes Premium 3.0 or Malwarebytes Trial 3.0 can now be registered as a security solution on your computer. There are three settings available, which will be abbreviated here for easier reading. Brief descriptions for the meaning of each setting are
also provided.

• Let Malwarebytes choose whether to register: Malwarebytes will determine whether it should be registered in Action Center. The program will not register when Microsoft Security Essentials is in use on a Windows 7 or older operating
  system. It will also not register when Windows Defender is used on a Windows 8 or newer OS.
• Always register Malwarebytes: Malwarebytes program status will always appear in Action Center.
• Never register Malwarebytes: Malwarebytes program status will never appear in Action Center.

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Windows Defender Red X

I ran the first scan an no integrity errors were found.

The second suggestion came up with "No component store corruption detected. The operation completed successfully" and "[==========================100.0%==========================] The restore operation completed successfully.

The operation completed successfully." The red X on the Windows Defender icon continues.

The issue is that the icon in the notifications tray shows the red X and when I hover over it, it says "Actions needed." Yet, when I open up Windows Defender, all the areas show green Xs and say there are no actions needed. So, the third suggestion above
only takes me there where there's nothing to be troubleshot, even though the icon says there are actions needed.

Right-clicking on the choices when I click on the icon I get this error message: "Page not available. Your IT administrator has limited access to some areas of this app, and the item to tried to access is not available. Contact IT helpdesk for more information."
Which makes no sense as this is a personal computer at home. I'm the IT department.

There's got to be something with this April update causing this, as it never happened until then.

 

Defender disabled by Malwarebytes?

Though Le Boule's explanation was sufficient for the previous version of MalwareBytes Antimalware Premium 2.x, the more recent MBAM 3.0 revision has changed this relationship with the Microsoft security products even further.

The
Malwarebytes 3.0 Help - Settings page now includes the following description of this relationship and the configurations possible that affect the way it registers itself with the Windows Action Center. This then also affects the way Windows Defender operates,
since the registration or lack thereof by a 3rd-party security application determines whether Windows Defender remains active for Real-time protection.

Windows Action Center

You may have noticed a flag in your system tray that sometimes has a red icon with a white X appear over the flag. That is a status indicator for the Windows Action Center, which tells you when your computer has a security issue that needs your attention.
Malwarebytes Premium 3.0 or Malwarebytes Trial 3.0 can now be registered as a security solution on your computer. There are three settings available, which will be abbreviated here for easier reading. Brief descriptions for the meaning of
each setting are also provided.

• Let Malwarebytes choose whether to register: Malwarebytes will determine whether it should be registered in Action Center. The program will not register when Microsoft Security Essentials is in use on a Windows 7 or older operating system.
  It will also not register when Windows Defender is used on a Windows 8 or newer OS.
• Always register Malwarebytes: Malwarebytes program status will always appear in Action Center.
• Never register Malwarebytes: Malwarebytes program status will never appear in Action Center.

Since MBAM 3.0 was released not long ago, there have been a few issues identified with its operation, so if you are experiencing any continued issues with your configuration with Defender you should be submitting these for discussion in the MBAM forums instead,
since they are better informed about the specifics for these.

Rob