Windows 11's antivirus is telling users that it's turned off — but don't panic, this is just a bug

Think Windows 11's antivirus is broken? Thankfully it isn't, although the app is suffering from a pretty frustrating bug.
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Microsoft explains that it's fixing a bug in Windows 11's antivirus that's happening 'intermittently' and is likely to fool people into thinking that Defender is broken

Think Windows 11's antivirus is broken? Thankfully it isn't, although the app is suffering from a pretty frustrating bug.

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