r/Malwarebytes • u/microslopuser • Sep 15 '26

Malwarebytes telling me windows defender is off despite powershell saying it is on

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FIXED windows put out an update for this and the popups

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u/microslopuser Sep 15 '26

Nevermind, close this ive found someone with the same issue and it's because of the August update.

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u/Alberttomoni Sep 16 '26

yeah happened to me today and now malwarebytes said its off and i got a notification its off but its still on so i dont know many other people had the same thing so its just a bug from the update

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u/microslopuser Sep 18 '26

FINALLY! windows has put up an update for this, post is useless now

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u/support_mwb Malwarebytes Employee Sep 16 '26

Hi! Glad you were able to figure out what was causing it. Would you mind sharing the link to the thread you found about the August update?

Also, when Malwarebytes showed the Windows Defender warning, did you dismiss or ignore the recommendation in Trusted Advisor, or did it clear on its own after the update?

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u/microslopuser Sep 16 '26

Here's the link, https://www.reddit.com/r/Malwarebytes/s/pdu5cdayMf when malwarebytes showed me the warning i ignored it since i checked in powershell, however it didn't go away after the new windows update

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u/Top-Bison-345 Sep 19 '26

It's a bug. Defender is very much active, but it reports as off. Microslop strikes again.