Windows Security Center doesn't detect avast! Internet Security 8

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This problem is bugging me. Windows Security Center didn’t detect avast! Firewall and Antivirus.
Why? I have Windows XP Service Pack 3.

Hope you can help me.

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Hi I♥Avast!,
Please read the appropriate thread for your OS ;): Windows 7: http://www.avast.com/en-eu/faq/AVKB42#artTitle
Windows XP:http://www.avast.com/en-eu/faq/AVKB82#artTitle
Windows 8:http://www.avast.com/en-eu/faq/AVKB81#artTitle

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Still not detecting avast!. Any tips? D:
Am I still protected if Security Center doesn’t detect avast!? Am I?

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If avast tells you that you are protected, then you are. It’s just annoying.

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Nevermind now, I uninstalled avast! and installed AVG, the security center does the same shit again, but I know I am protected.
Anyways thanks for the help! I’ll keep this topic open because someone may have a solution for the Windows Security Center bug.

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The WSC and its sucessor WAC, have been flaky in this regard for some considerable time - See http://windowsxp.mvps.org/repairwmi.htm.

  • Windows XP SP2, SP3 Start, Run, type cmd and click OK from the command prompt type ‘rundll32 wbemupgd, RepairWMISetup’ without the quotes and enter.

  • OR

* Click Start, Run and type CMD.EXE

  • Type this command and press Enter:
    net stop wscsvc
    net stop winmgmt

  • Using Windows Explorer, rename the folder %windir%\System32\Wbem\Repository. (For example, %windir%\System32\Wbem\Repository_bad.). %windir% represents the path to the Windows directory, which is typically C:\Windows.

  • Switch to Command Prompt window, and type the following and press ENTER after each line:

net start winmgmt
net start wscsvc

EXIT
Reboot

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@DavidR

Well the “rundll32 wbemupgd, RepairWMISetup” didn’t work so I tried to do the other things.
Now I’m rebooting. If it’s working then god bless you.

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Uhp, nevermind, IT WORKED! All I had to do is this:

FOR WINDOWS XP SP3:

  1. Stopped the winmgmt services. (Start → Run → cmd. IN CMD: typed “net stop winmgmt”)
  2. Inserted my Windows XP SP3 CD!
  3. Got into CMD and typed this command: “rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection WBEM 132 %windir%\inf\wbemoc.inf” (THANKS DAVIDR!)
  4. Waited 30 seconds for it to repair!
  5. Rebooted my computer.
  6. BAM! It works again! It reports that I have the AVG firewall on and the AVG IS 2014 on! Yay so I wasn’t infected!

Thanks guys for all your help, you all did something to help me, i appreciate it.
Someone lock this thread please.

Thanks again and, cheers! :smiley:

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QUICK LAST NOTE:
Thanks again for all your help guys. I appreciate it.
And, I hope that by using AVG doesn’t mean i’m not a Avast! Fan. I love avast! too. I still have the setup and the license so :wink:
Thank god for you guys and for this forum, without it, I would be kinda like frustrating all my vacation D:

So, thanks again, god bless you, and, good-bye! :slight_smile:

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You’re welcome.

Now you can uninstall AVG and go back to avast, that you love ;D

Threads remain open, they will drop off the radar (chronological lists) when there are no posts.

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Well, I love them both, unnhh always wanted 2 anti viruses support.

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Having two resident anti-virus scanners installed is one too many and not recommended as rather than provide twice the protection it can cause conflicts that could leave you more vulnerable.