Solved Windows Defender and Comodo FW

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Is there a conflict between COMODO Firewall and Windows Defender? For some reason i cant turn on Windows Defender :/
 
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Go to Control Panel > System and Security > Security and Maintenance.
If your Windows detects Comodo Firewall (I hope it's just CFW you're using, not semi-disabled CIS) as a virus protection like Kaspersky has been detected in mine, as shown in the below picture
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Then, for sure, Windows Defender will be turned off, thinking that you already have an antivirus.
If so, Defender realtime protection can't be turned on.

I am telling you to check this because earlier in some cases CFW was detected as an antivirus protection due to its exhaustive features.
 
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if you have CIS, then it should turn off WD.
If you have CFW, then it should not.
well i had cfw and windows defender was off, i went in the file of windows defender and some files were missing like the defender itself!
 
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well i had cfw and windows defender was off, i went in the file of windows defender and some files were missing like the defender itself!
that's kind of suspicious. It is not so easy to delete those files.
If I was you, I would post your interesting case in the malware removal subforum, and let twinheaded eagle suss that out.
 
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well i had cfw and windows defender was off, i went in the file of windows defender and some files were missing like the defender itself!
I didn't get you. Do you mean that you browsed to the Windows Defender folder and you couldn't find some executable of Defender?
Somewhat like this? :
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That's should be fine.
Did you check the Security and Maintenance section in Control Panel as I asked you to, in my previous post?
 
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I didn't get you. Do you mean that you browsed to the Windows Defender folder and you couldn't find some executable of Defender?
Somewhat like this? :
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That's should be fine.
Did you check the Security and Maintenance section in Control Panel as I asked you to, in my previous post?
Its all good now, i fixed it. But another problem poped up :(
 
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How did you solve the issue?

It is helpful to share as others may be experiencing similar issues.
 
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How did you solve the issue?

It is helpful to share as others may be experiencing similar issues.
i just deleted CF. Apparently it was blocking Deefender from starting and Windows identified CF like AV or something.....
 
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