Security center won't recognize my Antivirus program

I do not know the exact fix, but have you tried looking around on this website for some answers?  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx  I would go there and poke around Windows Vista articles by running a search, etc.  I think that will get you going on the right direction anyway...

"Security Center stopped recognizing Norton 07'. And Windows defender stopped working as well"

 

Are you saying that you aren't receiving any alerts?

 

Do you have security center set?

 

This link is for XP but should be the same as vista.

 

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/security/internet/sp2_wscintro.mspx

 

You only get alerts if you have no antivirus or firewall,or if they are disabled.

while the security center not recognizing a particular component (anti-virus, anti-malware, firewall) could be a the result of a corrupt repository, the fact that windows defender also stopped running [presumably at/about the same time that the security center stopped recognizing your Norton anti-virus] sounds more like a virus/malware attack to me.

 

are you able to conduct a complete anti-virus and anti-malware (adware/spyware) scan?  

you could also post a HiJackThis log in that forum, to see if anything suspicious shows up.

Download the latest version of Trend Micro's HiJackThis (HJT) [version 2.0.2]   installer   from

After installation, HJT will automatically open and start running.  

[If this is your   first time  running HJT, please read and accept the EULA (End-User License Agreement)]

 

 

Click on  Do a System Scan and Save a LogFile

Be sure to include a detailed description of any problems/errors/warnings you are encountering.  

Also, please indicate the steps you've already taken, if any, in terms of running anti-malware scanners or malware removal tools.

 

When you submit your HJT log, please make sure the box under your text which shows "Automatically convert carriage returns to HTML line breaks" is checked, or your log may not format correctly... it should consist of separate/readable lines, not one large "jumble".

 

WARNING:  HiJack This is a VERY POWERFUL tool.  While it's  completely safe  for you to download, generate, and post your log (as described above), you should *NOT* attempt to do anything else (in particular, do NOT use it to delete/fix any entries) until you are advised to do so by a forum expert!!   Improper use of this tool can severely damage your system.

Thanks for  the info everyone. Unfortunately, after returning home from class yesterday I found my computer in a deadful state. My computer will not start, and merely cycles through the boot sequence until it hits a blue screen of death. It starts up, and tells me WIndows failed to load and might need to be repaired, giving me a list of options to select (safe mode, boot normal ect.) However the strangest thing of all is that my keyboard, or ANY keyboard, will not respond! I thought that perhaps the virus spread to the MBR and is preventing the keyboard from working. So I disconnected the hard-drive to tell the bios to boot from CD first. And the keyboard FAILS to work in the BIOS as well! But to my knowledge, it is impossible for a virus to infect the BIOS. I removed the battery on the motherboard for a full minute to see if that would cause the keyboard to function again, but alas it was futile. Since I'm trying USB keyboards, I thought to try PS2 keyboards only to find out that my computer doesn't support them. So what should I do from here on out? Would buying a new HDD fix my problem? Or do I need to replace the motherboard?

interesting problem... i doubt i have an answer...  so all i will do is ask you something obvious:

 

you've tested the keyboard on other PC's to make sure the keyboards are working?  and

you've tested the USB ports on your "bad" machine, with other devices, to be sure the ports are good?  --- well, if you can't boot up, i don't know that you can test this...

you might try posting that on a Hardware board for your appopriate category (desktop??)....  good luck

I've tested all the keyboards I've tried on other computers and they work fine. On my computer, they will light up but not function

Message Edited by starfirescully on 08-08-2008 10:05 PM