Creators edition -- Windows defender BROKEN !!!

Something's not jiving with that Security Dashboard.
Mine always says everything is fine but the Defender UI always shows different!

jimbo45 said:

Tried the update on a VM -- still got the red warning - but run the scan -- nothing found, and after a re-boot (of the VM version) the standard Green is OK. I'll try doing this on my main installation now.

If you get it again, try looking in...
Windows Defender Security Centre > Virus & threat protection > Scan history > See full history
That's the only place that seems to list every detection, be they from scans or real-time protection.

I'm with everybody on this also that the interface is just horrible compared to what it was......Come on microsoft we are human beings not robots we like to have some nice visual stuff to look at instead of something that looks like a blank white piece of paper with some text on it.

If you prefer the old green UI it's still there, though it takes about 45 seconds to open. Make a shortcut to:
"C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MSASCui.exe"

Did not know that you could still get the old UI back.......Thanks everybody I will check it out!

This is just one of the many reasons I am on this forum.......To learn as much as I can about my PC!

I tried the shortcut option myself but I found invoking WD was failing every now and then.