Windows Defender is a capable antivirus solution built into Windows itself. Unless you’ve installed a different antivirus program on your Windows 11 or Windows 10 PC, your PC is using it right now.
The message clearly says that a required Windows Service could not be started. Here are the areas you need to take a look at to fix this Microsoft Defender error: Check Windows Defender service status ...
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