Windows 10: Windows Security Says I'm Both Covered, and at Risk.

Hi.I've been using the third-party BitDefender antivirus for a while now, and I have to say that I'm quite happy with it. Strange thing is that Windows Security can't decide if I'm covered or not. When I bring up the security tab for Windows, it shows everything "in the green." Virus & Threat Protection reads that it's covering things, all good. But when I look at the lower-right icons, the Windows Shield has an orange warning light saying "Windows Security - Actions Recommended." As here:I can't find anything missing in the Security tab. The only thing that I can find that seems to

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Is windsows 7 a security risk?

There is 2 security risks. No one can stop security holes even more so with MS software as it would be more targeted although Linux has got to be going up on that list to now.

1. Your comp being online
2. The user

 

Update to Windows Defender (KB4052623) fails - labelled security risk!

There is nothing wrong with your system, it is behaving correctly. This is a well known issue. The reason for the 'potential security risk' is that the download link is to an http: url, not a secure https: server. Goodness knows why MS do it this way, but that's how Microsoft have been doing it for years. It's only recently that Firfox has started warning about such insecure downloads.

It is in fact safe to download these Microsoft catalog links. To do that in Firefox, click the arrow at the right of the download warning...





...to get this, where you can allow the download:





And it doesn't help using Microsoft's own Edge, that too will not download until you jump through a few hoops.

 

Update to Windows Defender (KB4052623) fails - labelled security risk!

I have a laptop running Windows 10 version 20H2. I have just tried to update it, using the normal updating process. A Security Intelligence update KB2267602 downloaded and installed successfully. But the other update offered, an "Update for Microsoft Defender Antivirus antimalware platform KB4052623 (Version 4.18.2202.4)" failed.

A retry failed. So I ran the Update Troubleshooter and tried again. Failure. I did Disk Cleanup and tried again. Failure. The error code given is 0x80070643. So (both puzzled and curious) I then thought I would look at the Microsoft Update Catalog and perhaps download this update directly and install it.

I found it listed, and hit "Download". There are three .exe files. They would not download. And - here is the real reason for my forum post - when I right-clicked to bring up the Firefox browser download info popup, all three files were listed with a warning "File not downloaded: Potential security risk". Eh???

What is going on? I don't have any additional or alternative antivirus software installed, so I'm relying on Windows Defender. I would quite like diagnosis/explanation/solution rather than having to move to the radical step of a system reinstall. What further checks or troubleshooting steps should I take, and in what order?