windows defender and windows update don't work

[123kevyd]

for a while now I have been trying to fix windows updater and windows defender.

whenever I launch windows defender the home page is black, and when I try to click on scan now nothing happens, if I click on run advanced scan, the same thing happens for that scan. This is for all services under the windows defender menu. There is no error code.

whenever I launch windows updater it says "There were some problems installing updates, but we'll try again later. If you keep seeing this and want to search the web or contact support for information, this may help: (0x80070424)"

 

I have tried sfc scans which said "Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them. For online repairs, details are included in the CBS log file located at windir\Logs\CBS\CBS.log."

Command used: sfc /scannow

Log: CBS.log (down below)

I have tried dism scans which don't complete giving me error 1060, which is ERROR_SERVICE_DOES_NOT_EXIST, The specified service does not exist as an installed service.

Command used: DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth

result:

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.17134.1

Image Version: 10.0.17134.523

The component store is repairable.
The operation completed successfully.

Command used: DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth

Result:

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.17134.1

Image Version: 10.0.17134.523

[==========================100.0%==========================] The component store is repairable.
The operation completed successfully.

Command used: DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

Result:

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.17134.1

Image Version: 10.0.17134.523

[===========================87.6%==================        ]
Error: 1060

The specified service does not exist as an installed service.

The DISM log file can be found at C:\WINDOWS\Logs\DISM\dism.log

(this always happens at exactly 87.6%)

log: dism.log (down below)

 

I have also tried using the ccleaner registry repair tool which required approximately 5 runs to find and fix all of the errors that it can find, this hasn't helped though

 

I also have tried Malwarebytes and Avast and found a couple viruses that were removed as well as some that keep coming up over and over again.

Quarantine list: I have the first scan and what an average scan finds on a daily bases (they keep popping up again after being quarantined)

the last thing I have tried was using mediacreation tool from windows to no effect

 

I am running windows 10 home edition version 1803 OS build 17134.523 64 bit

model: HP spectre x360 Convertible 15-ch0xx

I am finishing up a semester right now so if nothing else works I can just do a hard reset after that, but I would prefer to avoid this.

I have spent hours trying to get to the bottom of the rabbet hole, but it just keeps going deeper

thanks in advance for any help

CBS.log dism.log first scan.txt Average scan.txt

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[exile360]

Greetings,

It would probably be best to try running a few scans to see if that helps as the issue may be caused by some past or present infection.

Start by running ADWCleaner and having it scan your system and allow it to remove anything it finds, then restart your system if prompted to do so to complete the removal process.

Once that's done, if the issue persists then please try running the latest version of Malwarebytes which is available here.  Once installed, make sure you're connected to the internet so that it can update and click on the Scan Now button and it will proceed to update and scan your system for threats.  Once it finishes, have it remove anything it finds and reboot if prompted to do so.

If the issue still remains after that, then please go ahead and try running Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit and likewise scan with it and have it remove anything it finds, again restarting your system if prompted to do so.

Once all of that is done, if the issue still persists then please follow the instructions in this topic and then create a new thread in the malware removal area including the requested logs and information by clicking here (be sure to include the logs from the 3 scans above for ADWCleaner, Malwarebytes and Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit).

I hope that fixes the issue, but if not then we'll continue to work with you to attempt to resolve the issue.

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