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
    2020-08-17T00:25:11+00:00

    Understandable, reinstalling is a pain.

    NIS (Network Inspection Service) = WdNisSvc - Microsoft Defender Antivirus Network Inspection Service

    It's the topic of this forum post.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-08-17T00:10:30+00:00

    007 - You're a brave man, but I'm not going that route.

    What is NIS?

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-08-17T00:03:40+00:00

     

    007 - I was able to turn on memory integrity, but I don't know what is Defender NIS or how to check whether it is running.

    Also, merely disabling SES before wasn't good enough. 

    Also, if the WD external drive is plugged in, it will always reinstall SES on each reboot, and I don't know a way to stop that from happening.

    And, finally, won't this restart the 7000 and 7001 errors?

    MS needs to fix this.

    I fixed everything by wiping my PC, and reinstalling v 2004 from a USB key.  But before I reinstalled I unplugged all my external drives and webcam, and enabled memory integrity.  I also have a WD drive that installs the SES driver but it's all running perfectly. 

    The 7000 and 7001 errors didn't return, and NIS runs fine.

    Obviously not everyone wants to do a clean install but this is the only way I could get everything working perfectly.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-08-16T23:45:28+00:00

    007 - I was able to turn on memory integrity, but I don't know what is Defender NIS or how to check whether it is running.

    Also, merely disabling SES before wasn't good enough. 

    Also, if the WD external drive is plugged in, it will always reinstall SES on each reboot, and I don't know a way to stop that from happening.

    And, finally, won't this restart the 7000 and 7001 errors?

    MS needs to fix this.

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-08-16T22:20:08+00:00

    UPDATE - I completely UNinstalled the WD SES drivers in Device Manager, but I also had to disconnect the WD drive, reboot AND search for the wdcsam64 drivers and delete them everywhere (including from File Repository, which required taking ownership of the relevant WD subfolder’s security) before I could turn on Memory Integrity. Wow!

    Now - what happens if I connect the WD drive again - back to square one?  It will definitely re-install the WD SES drivers, including the wdcsam64 group.  There does not seem to be any way to stop that from happening.

    Is your Defender NIS running?

    When you plug the drive in the SES drivers will get installed again, just go into device manager, and disable it, the drive will still work fine.

    As long as memory integrity is turned on before the drivers get installed you're good assuming NIS is also running ok.

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