Windows Defender Antivirus Network Inspection Service issues since Windows 10 2004 update

Anonymous
2020-08-06T08:15:09+00:00

I got the 2004 update yesterday and that went well enough otherwise but I am having a problem with the Windows Defender Antivirus Network Inspection Service that I did not have previously. 

  1. I noticed in Event Viewer several Errors that began immediately upon completion of the update last night: 

The Microsoft Defender Antivirus Network Inspection Service service depends on the Microsoft Defender Antivirus Network Inspection System Driver service which failed to start because of the following error: 

The supplied user buffer is not valid for the requested operation.

  1. Further inspection has revealed that there is now a problem with Real Time Updates. 

Microsoft Defender Antivirus Real-Time Protection feature has encountered an error and failed.

  Feature: Network Inspection System

Error Code: 0x8007042c

Error description: The dependency service or group failed to start. 

Reason: The system is missing updates that are required for running Network Inspection System.  Install the required updates and restart the device.

I've got this error repeatedly (3002). 

  1. I went into security and maintenance to see what was going on with my security settings. That is not showing anything "wrong." 
  2. The Network Inspection Service is configured to manual, not automatic. I can't change this. 
  3. Real-time protection is on, and has been on. On Virus & threat protection settings, all of those are still toggled on, and those settings are the same before and after the upgrade. I haven't tried turning them on and off again yet. 
  4. I already did the August Safety scan, but I downloaded a fresh copy and am re-running it. 
  5. I did dism and sfc checks and they showed no problems that needed repair. 

Something is definitely wrong with the install of Windows Defender tho... Help? How do I fix this and stop the errors and get it reconfigured properly. Do I have to reinstall it?

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-08-08T07:45:06+00:00

    C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Network Inspection System is empty on my system (other than the support folder). Is this the way it should be?

    I cannot tell you if it "should" be this way, but I rebuilt my machine and got it to where it is working, and it looks this way (with hidden folders and files visible) to me. Someone with more knowledge would have to address the "should." 

    The exe is elsewhere.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-08-07T17:59:18+00:00

    I am having these problems also, and I am on Win 10 Pro 64-bit version 1909 with a Dell Optiplex 7010 that has 16GB RAM.

    Following pntless's suggestion, I have turned off Core Isolation/Virtualization Based Security, and the problems have stopped.

    MS - please fix.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-08-07T17:57:17+00:00

    C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Network Inspection System is empty on my system (other than the support folder). Is this the way it should be?

    I don't know if that is how it is supposed to be, but I can confirm the same on my systems. The only thing I have in that folder is an empty Support folder.

    This seems to be an issue with the latest public Defender Platform, 4.18.2007.8.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-08-07T17:46:03+00:00

    C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Network Inspection System is empty on my system (other than the support folder). Is this the way it should be?

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-08-07T08:46:03+00:00

    Hi,

    There is an issue with the update as I one more user having the same issue after the update so to resolve this I suggest you follow the below or wait for the next release of updates to see if it fixes the issue.

    Reference :

    https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/hz2...

    Fix #1

    Step 1:

    On the login screen click on Power icon on the right corner

    Step 2:

    Press Shift Key and press hold and then click Restart (This will restart the system in recovery mode)

    Step 3:

    In the recovery bluescreen options you’ll need to click (or tap) the Troubleshoot option

    Step 4:

    Then click on Refresh your PC (Selecting this option keeps data and Windows default programs safe but the programs which you have downloaded and installed or from CD/DVD needs to be re-installed)

    Let me know if anything else I can assist you with.

    Regards

    Shuaib

    Independent Advisor

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