Windows 10: Windows Defender Not turning on, redirecting to system32 from action center

My computer had been attacked by Worm:VBS/Jenxcus!nk. I got rid of this by windows malicious software removal tool. After this, when I tried to turn on windows defender from action center, the "turn on" button in action center redirected me to system32 folder. I had run sfc to repair the damaged files but it could not repair all errors found. I checked registry for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\system\CurrentControlSet\services and found nothing wrong with it. I checked HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\policies\microsoft directory but I couldn't find Windows defender folder. I checked Group policy

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Stop action center notifications in Windows 10

Hi Emily,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I apologize for the inconvenience caused. We are glad to help you.

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  Do you want to stop notifications only from Defender or stop all action center notifications?
  

To stop action center notifications, I suggest you to follow the steps given below:

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  Type settings in search bar and hit
  enter.
  
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  Go to system.
  
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  Select notifications and actions.
  
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  Click on turn system icons on or off.
  
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  Turn off action center.
  

Reference: Change notification settings in Windows 10

Hope this information helps. Do contact us for further queries. We will be happy to assist you.

Regards,

Jenith

 

Action Center

Hi,

Let's follow these steps to disable action center:

• Click on Start, type notifications in the search box.
• In the list, select notifications & action settings.
• On the right side, click on turn system icons on or off.
• Turn off action center from there.

Hope it helps. If you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to reply. We will be glad to assist you.

 

Disable Action Center in Windows 7?

Unfortunately that doesn't disable Action Center, all it does it cause Acution Center to bitch about the Security Center service not running.

Action Center seems to be a different beast from Security Center...

And telling it to not display any messages gets it out of the way, the same way disabling the icon in the suggestions above does, but Action Center is still enabled and running.