Windows security Center Disabled

md usa spybot fan, no, thank you for your concern though. I've always maintained a well-configured, up to date AV program and do regular scans. I also use a router with hardware firewalls and have multiple layers of spyware/adware programs which I update and scan with regularly.

My choice of browsers has been Firefox since it was first released to the public, so I believe I have an edge on security there.
 
Windows Security Center IS Enabled, Help Please

Hello to all who will read this;

Please bear with me as this is my first post.

I did several Spybot S&D scans since I re-installed on 2-5-07 due to the fact it was having problems downloading the current updates for 2-2-2007 on my computer.

I also did have AVG 7.5 Internet Security running at same time ALONG with Windows Live OneCare. I did have at the time of updating the Windows Live OneCare Antivirus and Firewall disabled, as I always did when ever I used used the AVG 7.5 Internet Security Center.

When calling Windows Live OneCare regarding them both having Firewalls they told me (for what this is worth) that the Windows Live OneCare Firewall was a better Firewall than the one that comes with Windows XP Home and when you install Windows Live OneCare that Firewall will override it as will any Firewall that is installed on your PC. (I am sure you know this, tossing it in for the hay of it, t/x) :)

Due to the problems AVG and OneCare (I am assuming) was giving me I also Unistalled this Program AVG 7.5 Internet Security.

Please Note that before I unstalled both Spybot and AVG that I always received the message regarding: Microsoft Windows Security Center Warning being disabled, yet I uncheck this as I knew I had disabled it. So no problem understanding why it detected it then :) only now. :red:

I also Rebooted my PC after both of these programs had been unistalled.

When I re-installed Spybot S&D I also did a Re-Boot again :eek:

I am "only" running Windows Live OneCare right now. :lip:

I have gone to the Windows Security Center and made sure my Firewall was working and was set to "Automatic" along with "Automatic" Updates and "Antivirus Monitoring" and all 3 showing in green (good to go, so I think?) The Security Center also shows that all are "go to go" as it states it is Using "Windows Live OneCare" for all three.

I also did this check>>Control Panel>>Security Center>>Resources and when I clicked on the link "Change the way the Security Center Alerts me:" What I found was that all three where checked.

I did another scan with Spybot and still it shows that I have Windows Security Center disabled and with 2 entries.

Please guide me and help me understand what it is that is not functionally.

My OS is Windows XP Home/SP2. I run CCleaner 1.37.456, Ad-Adware SE Personal build 1.6r1 and updated 2-6-07, Spyblaster 3.5.1, Spybot S&D 1.4 (when downloading I chose the first download from Internet #1). Then manually also SuperAntiSpware 3.5.1016. I have drweb-cureit (Dr. Web Ltd.) and use it only when and "if" I have to. I have noticed when I check the properties on this application (under Genereal Tab) Security reads: "This file came from another computer and might be blocked to help protect this computer; then the button "UNBLOCK." I was instructed to download this to help with a problem a few months ago. Unfornately, I am not to secure with the fact of that Security reading.

I too run a Panada Online Scan and right now it tells me this:
(Please Note: when I did a Search for all of these they showed up has Zip files in SpyBot S&D?? Which is why I am including this information with this post. Again, please bear with me, I am trying NOT to leave out any pertinent
informatoin, t/x :)

Incident: Potentially unwanted tool:application/funweb
Status: Not disinfected
Location: c:\windows\downloaded program files\f3initialsetup1.0.0.15.inf

Incident: Potentially unwanted tool:application/mywebsearch
Status: Not disinfected
Location: hkey_classes_root\clsid\{147A976E-EEE1-4377-8EA7-4716E4CDD239

Incident: Adware:adware/block-checker
Status: Not disinfected
Location: Windows Registry

Incident: Potentially unwanted tool:application/myway
Status: Not disinfected
Location: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{04079851-5845-4DEA-848C-3ECD647AA554}

BTW, when I used to run SpyBot S&D before unistalling it it would take 1.5 hours and now it takes 15 minutes. Could this be because of the AVG running at same time? Is there possibly something I missed checking or unchecking with doing the download. I like Spybot to do a FULL Computer Scan.....only this person's opinion.

Well, that about sums it up I do hope and I do look forward to replies and also appreciate the time that will be taken to help me in this dilema.

Smiles :)
Sincerely, a devoted SpyBot customer ;)
{{{{{HUGS for being so patient too}}}}}}}}
 
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im not very good with computers but i rely on windows securty centre to help me and spybot alerted me it was off when i did a scan.
im sure i didnt turn it off and ive tried multiple ways to start it but it keeps changing back i have norton antivirus 2007, spybot S&D, ad aware 2007, and even win patrol but it keeps changing back to stopped as soon as i start it.
like the post above me im also new and my firewall is and everything is off but i dont even get the lights there at all! it just comes up with "the security centre is unavailable because the "security centre " service has not started or stopped. please close this window, restart the computer ( or start the "security centre service"), then open the security centre again." it has been really frustrating for me to try and make it work and i need help.
thanks keelan.
 
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(sorry im new at posting!)

like the post above me im also new and my firewall is and everything is off but i dont even get the lights there at all! it just comes up with "the security centre is unavailable because the "security centre " service has not started or stopped. please close this window, restart the computer ( or start the "security centre service"), then open the security centre again." it has been really frustrating for me to try and make it work and i need help. i tried doing what was said in previous posts and i go into the security centre in sevices and its already on automatic so i pressed start and the dam thing came up with "error 1058: the sevice cannot be started either because it is disabled, or it has no enabled devices associated with it."
i am pretty safe with my computer (obviously not as much as i thought) so im not sure what i can do.
thanks keelan.
 
hmm thats weird in all programs it doesnt have administrative tools :buried: im the only user so i know im the administrator
 
OK guy, forgive me for not reading all the stuff that went before, but I would first check that the process is enabled using MSConfig. Do you know how to use that (it's a hidden XP system utility) or do you want instructions?
 
tlekeelan:

You could try the fix located here:
Warning: Although the information on that site is generally reliable, I have never tried the fix, so use it entirely at your own risk.

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Zenobia:

You pointed that fix out to me a while back for a "Could not start Security Center Service on local Computer. Error 123: The filename, directory name, or volume lable system is incorrect." problem.
 
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tlekeelan:

Please ignore the above post, it is a different error code: Error 1058 vs. Error 1083.
 
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tlekeelan,I'm not finding much more.So,I'll grasp at some straws. :D:
If it is not too much trouble,could you describe step-by-step what you are doing when you go to turn on Security Center?This might not help at all,but it is worth a shot,maybe we're missing something.Which previous posts were you following before?
You have Norton Antivirus 2007?Is that the plain Norton Antivirus 2007,or is it the Norton Internet Security 2007?
 
It seems to be a real problem for me

I play games at an online site called Pogo. The games are loaded in a java window, which is when I notice this the most, although it does happen when I'm doing other things also. The computer lags as if it is being overworked or there is a long wait for refreshing. The only thing that spybot can find (Norton doesn't show it as a problem) is the disabled security center. When I fix it, the problem goes away immediately. The problem for me is that it doesn't stay fixed. I end up having to run spybot and fix it again every couple of days or so. Any idea how to fix it permanently?
 
Hi there,nice to meet a fellow pogoer. :) I go on Pogo and have Windows Security Center turned off on my other computer,and I've never experienced that.I do find Pogo intermittently laggy sometimes,like on badge days,etc.Other times,it is fine.Fixing Microsoft.WindowsSecurityCenter_disabled just sets windows Security Center to automatic,and I can't figure why that being on would make your computer not lag.

Norton may be what disabled the Security Center,if you have Norton Internet Security Suite or similar.

http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=7315

After the scan,if you click on Microsoft.WindowsSecurityCenter_disabled,then click the area to the right with the arrows on it,Spybot will give you this description:

Company:
Product: Microsoft.WindowsSecurityCenter_disabled
Threat: Security


Functionality
if the Windows Security Center is disabled this entry will be shown

Description
Malware can disable the Windows Security Center to make your System more vulnerable.

If you have other security software suit installed, this may also deactivate the Windows Security Center to avoid double warning messages.
Click to expand...

This is a bit older post and it was an older Norton,but this should show you how to get Windows Security Center reenabled through Norton if you would prefer that,I think it is still the same.
http://forums.spybot.info/showpost.php?p=32092&postcount=36
 
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Windows Security Center disabled--post #36

Just wanted to let you know that this fix worked for me. Thank you for posting it. I spent three days trying to get this resolved using various fixes from Google searches and nothing worked. The information here was presented so clearly, even my senior brain could figure it out. Thanks again.
 
security centre et al disabled on start up

Spybot S & D is detecting unsafe settings for antivirusoverride and firewalloverride in HKLM\software\microsoft\security centre, do not allow sp2update in HKLM\software\policies\microsft\windows\windowsupdate and security centre is disabled in HKLM\system\currentcontrolset\services\wscsvc. if i fix them and ensure security centre is running with all the overrides turned off, so it should notify me if the firewall is not on, automatic updates is not on and the virus software is out of date and restart the machine, they're all reset to their previous values. also, when i fix the problems and start the security centre service and turn off the overrides i'm told windows firewall is not running but i can't turn it on because of a group policy setting. i can get round this by deleting the windowsfirewall folder in HKLM\Policies\Microsoft but again, the restart puts the group policy back in. this is not my machine but a friends and as i've just cleaned his system of lots of virii and spyware i'd like to turn on the security centre to allow him to have some knowledge of how secure his system currently is. i have installed spybot (obviously) and avg 7.5 and run them both until i get no reports (apart from those detailed at the beginning) and i have all the latest windows updates. i removed ccleaner, xoftspy and regcure and i can't seen any sign of norton on the system (i used SYMClean just in case). It seems like malicious code is running in the background somewhere, or just on startup and stopping security centre services. Any ideas?
 
found the culprit

i used processmonitor.exe from microsoft to filter the reg key edits and saw the process name and id that was resetting the reg keys... its svshost.exe, listed on one website as a Worm.P2P.Spybot.gen (looks just like svchost.exe so i didn't notice it) and it can restart itself if you simply terminate the process. i'm really bummed that avg didn't pick this up when i scanned the whole system. need to find a tool to remove the darn thing now. anyone know where i can get one?
 
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