I just got on my PC and on my notifications tab on Windows 10, it said something like "Windows Defender and Malwarebytes are turned off", or something like that.
And I thought "well that might be just because my PC has just booted up so it might take a second for them to turn on", and well, I have turned on Malwarebytes (launches on start up), however, it seems that my Windows Defender doesn't want to turn on.
I don't really know why, but I have a small suspicion...
This morning, Malwarebytes detected what it thought was malware on my pc, specifically on my C: drive.
Here is the report on what it detected:
Malwarebytes
www.malwarebytes.com
-Log Details-
Scan Date: 26/05/2021
Scan Time: 07:42
Log File: 8eaa65a0-bded-11eb-9d9d-1c1b0d102d0a.json
-Software Information-
Version: 4.3.0.98
Components Version: 1.0.1292
Update Package Version: 1.0.40910
Licence: Trial
-System Information-
OS: Windows 10 (Build 18363.1256)
CPU: x64
File System: NTFS
User: System
-Scan Summary-
Scan Type: Threat Scan
Scan Initiated By: Scheduler
Result: Completed
Objects Scanned: 369372
Threats Detected: 1
Threats Quarantined: 1
Time Elapsed: 10 min, 13 sec
-Scan Options-
Memory: Enabled
Startup: Enabled
Filesystem: Enabled
Archives: Enabled
Rootkits: Disabled
Heuristics: Enabled
PUP: Detect
PUM: Detect
-Scan Details-
Process: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Module: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Key: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Value: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Data: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Data Stream: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Folder: 0
(No malicious items detected)
File: 1
Malware.AI.1508476355, C:\USERS\JKGIL\APPDATA\LOCAL\PROGRAMS\{23EA15B6-0742-790E-6ADA-5CE64EB2A07E}\UNINST.EXE, Quarantined, 1000000, 0, 1.0.40910, 287EDE51C51E58F559E985C3, dds, 01261283, 4ED777A5428F68EFA0A9D84FEB06D056, 59EE7AA430827FED2DCE7D0765AA95560094D864A811AB3611E30EA1B2CB4293
Physical Sector: 0
(No malicious items detected)
WMI: 0
(No malicious items detected)
(end)
I am assuming that some malware got on my PC (I might know how, will explain in the next sentence), and uninstalled Windows Defender because I can't turn it back on, as in there is no "turn on" button.
So, to explain how I think I got the malware (if there even is malware, idk, I am not the best with malware related issues), I reinstalled DayZ on Steam yesterday after not playing for 2 years.
I thought "this seems fun, lets play!", tried to connect to some community servers, didn't end up playing on them, and then I called it a night.
Then I wake up the next day and Malwarebytes detects malware, I am assuming that if there even was malware on my PC, it came from DayZ's community servers, as sometimes you have to download external plugins and addons to play on the server.
In conclusion, I think my PC might have gotten infected, if it did, that might be the reason I can't turn on Windows Defender anymore, however, I did scan my PC as seen in the report above, and I quarantined the malicious file or programme or whatever it was. But, even if the malware is gone, I don't know how to turn on my Windows Defender again, there is no button to press to turn it on, it's gone.
If someone could help clear this up, or at least help me get Windows Defender back up and running, that would be great!
Thanks for reading and have a great day :D