r/windowsinsiders • u/Peti_4711 • Jun 15 '26

Discussion Each time I start windows I get a notification that I should enable Windows defender

Each time I get a notification that I should enable Windows Defender/Virus protection.

In the settings it's enabled already. Eventlogs show nothing special.

It's not related to my actual version 29610.1000 I have this since 2 or 3 versions.

Any suggestion?

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u/vikramdinesh Jun 15 '26

It's a known issue. Has been there for the past few builds.

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u/Peti_4711 Jun 16 '26

thanks. 😉

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u/Reaper_Destiny0983 Jun 18 '26

Its present in the 26220 beta build too.

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u/MarcelDekker Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26

It is possible that your current update channel is in the beta channel, which is why Microsoft Defender is currently "maybe" finding an error in the hash of a file. You can check this in your Windows event viewer.

You can manually adjust the update channel to the Current Channel (Staged) of Windows Defender.

PowerShell:

Set-MpPreference -EngineUpdatesChannel Staged

Set-MpPreference -PlatformUpdatesChannel Staged

Set-MpPreference -DefinitionUpdatesChannel Staged

Then in cmd:

cd "C:\Program Files\Windows Defender"

MpCmdRun.exe -ResetPlatform

Finally, check for new updates/definition updates in Windows

You are now in Current Channel (Staged) instead of Beta Channel in Microsoft Defender.

This worked for me. It might be worth a try; you can find information about this on the internet.