Close the Windows Security window, and the settings should be saved. Windows will automatically turn real-time protection back on after a short period of time. Windows Security will also display a scary-looking message above the switch, saying that your device is now vulnerable. Note - these are from end users and not official mbam staff. Real-time protection has now been turned off. The good thing is, you can easily fix this issue and stop Malwarebytes from disabling Windows Defender. Antivirus are notorious for not completely uninstalling. The problem is, Malwarebytes is not a full-fledged anti-virus solution and has no real-time protection unless you pay for it. Be sure to uninstall the other antivirus first and then run AVG Clear so you are sure it is actually gone. I looked in the MBAM logs and found this entry in the mbamservice.log fileĠ5/19/17 ' 02:44:10.820' 279564718 68a0 4094 WARNING MBAMCoreDynamicLibrary MBAMCoreDynamicLibrary::ClassifyObject 'MBAMCoreDynamicLibrary.cpp' 108 'Cannot classify object. 4 Ways to Turn On or Off Windows Defender Real-time Protection. I reinstalled MBAM again, and it was ok for about 5 minutes then the protection turned off again. 'this just started happening to me as well. We just have to wait for a new Update Package or the new one to be reverted back to the working one.' If you try any type of scan it'll finish within 1-15 seconds and if you try to connect to it will say IP protection is disabled. This has made Web Protection and Malware Protection to be forced off and if you are able to turn them on, they do not work. They went from to which seems to have broken both Web Protection and Malware Protection. 'Everyone it seems like the problem is being caused by a a new update package which was recently released.
