Windows Defender Service missing.

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  1. Posts : 21
    Windows 10 Pro
       #1

    Windows Defender Service missing.


    Hi,

    I have a big issue, the Windows Defender Service is completely missing from the services and as such Windows Defender isn't working.

    Been searching and haven't been able to find something that solves my issue.

    Windows 10 Pro.

    Already tried -
    DISM - Failed, didn't find source or something like that.
    SFC /SCANNOW - Failed (checked log, only opencl.dll couldn't be restored)
    Launch MsMpEng.exe manually - Nothing.

    I have no idea how to fix this. =/ Please help.

    Regards,
    Sanya
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  2. Posts : 16,325
    W10Prox64
       #2

    SanyaIV said:
    Hi,

    I have a big issue, the Windows Defender Service is completely missing from the services and as such Windows Defender isn't working.

    Been searching and haven't been able to find something that solves my issue.

    Windows 10 Pro.

    Already tried -
    DISM - Failed, didn't find source or something like that.
    SFC /SCANNOW - Failed (checked log, only opencl.dll couldn't be restored)
    Launch MsMpEng.exe manually - Nothing.

    I have no idea how to fix this. =/ Please help.

    Regards,
    Sanya
    Hi.
    The opencl.dll error is nothing - don't worry about it.

    For the DISM repair, suggest you download the W10 ISO from MSTechBench and point to it with the DISM command as shown in the tut:
    Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:wim:Full Path to install.wim file:1 /limitaccess
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  3. Posts : 21
    Windows 10 Pro
    Thread Starter
       #3

    simrick said:
    Hi.
    The opencl.dll error is nothing - don't worry about it.

    For the DISM repair, suggest you download the W10 ISO from MSTechBench and point to it with the DISM command as shown in the tut:
    Thanks, I'll try that and report back.

    Edit: In case it doesn't fix the issue, the Windows Defender Service seem to be MsMpEng.exe (not .dll) and as such I can't just use regsvr32 to register it since it requires a dll (right?) So how would I go about fixing it? =S
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  4. Posts : 16,325
    W10Prox64
       #4

    SanyaIV said:
    Thanks, I'll try that and report back.

    Edit: In case it doesn't fix the issue, the Windows Defender Service seem to be MsMpEng.exe (not .dll) and as such I can't just use regsrv32 to register it since it requires a dll (right?) So how would I go about fixing it? =S
    Probably a repair install using an in-place upgrade, but let's see if DISM doesn't resolve it first.

    Do you have any other AV on the system? Do you know when the last time was that an AV scan was run? Have you ever run any anti-telemetry software on the system?
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  5. Posts : 21
    Windows 10 Pro
    Thread Starter
       #5

    simrick said:
    Probably a repair install using an in-place upgrade, but let's see if DISM doesn't resolve it first.

    Do you have any other AV on the system? Do you know when the last time was that an AV scan was run? Have you ever run any anti-telemetry software on the system?
    DISM didn't seem to fix it, running sfc /scannow again and then restart is in order to try again.

    I have used an anti-telemetry program, I'll run it again to see what I have blocked with it.
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  6. Posts : 16,325
    W10Prox64
       #6

    SanyaIV said:
    DISM didn't seem to fix it, running sfc /scannow again and then restart is in order to try again.

    I have used an anti-telemetry program, I'll run it again to see what I have blocked with it.
    Okay: The anti-telemetry program changes must be undone, and the repair install will need to be performed.
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  7. Posts : 16,325
    W10Prox64
       #7

    • Do you have any other AV on the system?
    • Do you know when the last time was that an AV scan was run?


    Just to warn you: many, many of the systems I have run across with anti-telemetry modifications have required a clean install to get them working properly again....so be sure your data is backed up.
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  8. Posts : 21
    Windows 10 Pro
    Thread Starter
       #8

    simrick said:
    Okay: The anti-telemetry program changes must be undone, and the repair install will need to be performed.
    simrick said:
    • Do you have any other AV on the system?
    • Do you know when the last time was that an AV scan was run?


    Just to warn you: many, many of the systems I have run across with anti-telemetry modifications have required a clean install to get them working properly again....so be sure your data is backed up.
    I've undone the changes and started the repair process, will report back afterwards.
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  9. Posts : 16,325
    W10Prox64
       #9

    SanyaIV said:
    I've undone the changes and started the repair process, will report back afterwards.
    Sounds good.
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  10. Posts : 21
    Windows 10 Pro
    Thread Starter
       #10

    simrick said:
    Sounds good.
    That fixed my issue, thank you! Now to go through all the settings that changed and fix them. =)
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