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Cannot turn off Real-Time Protection in Microsoft Defender Antivirus
I am unable to turn off Real-time protection (or any other settings ie Cloud-delivered protection, Automatic sample submission, etc) in Microsoft Defender Antivirus.
When I click the toggle button to turn it from On to Off, it quickly reverts back to the On position. The same thing happens with every option on that page. I also cannot add any exclusions to Windows Defender.
Also, my Windows Firewall is Off, and I cannot turn it On. The same thing happens where it immediately reverts back to Off. Basically every setting in my Windows Security is unable to be changed.
In reading other threads about this issue, they all talk about adjusting settings in the group policy editor, but this is not present on Windows 10 Home which I have. I also do not have any other antivirus software installed. I have run SFC scan and tried Malwarebytes without success.
Thanks for your help...