Windows Pop-up "Turn on virus protection" notification even though Windows Defender is already on

Muffin 5 Reputation points
2026-09-15T13:12:38.0566667+00:00

This randomly started happening for me, I see a bunch of people got t he same issue but it started all the way in aug, so im just wondering why did i randomly start getting it 2 days ago but not before, and is there any fix because the current version of Defender i've been given didn't fix it.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Security and privacy
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  1. DaveM121 932.6K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2026-09-15T13:47:14.3233333+00:00

    This is a widely reported bug since August, Microsoft indicate they are still working to find a resolution for this bug and have not indicated since the 18 August that the bug has been fixed yet, we still need to wait for them to provide a patch for this bug.

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-health/status-windows-11-25h2#4956msgdesc

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