Windows defender turned off

Hi. I'm trying to run some realtime spyware protection and I've installed Windows Defender. Every time I boot up my computer it is turned off. When I click on it, I get the following message:
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If I try starting it from the services.msc, I get the following:
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I tried SpywareGuard instead, but when trying to install, I get the following error:
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Any ideas?
Thanks in advance!

Do you have Windows Live Once Care also installed? It doesn't co-exist very well with WD. Also, what other security software do you have installed? Is the date and time on your computer set correctly?

No, I don't have Live One Care installed. I have AVG 9 free edition, Outpost Firewall 2009 and Malwarebytes free version. Yes. Time and date are set correctly. Thanks!

Follow the instructions by Javacool regarding 'MSINET.OCX missing or not current'. You can then download Spyware Blaster (<- a 'must have' application) and Spyware Guard.
https://www.javacoolsoftware.com/support/in…;kbarticleid=11

Thanks Jacee! That allowed me to install Spyware Gurad, so I guess I no longer need Windows Defender. I installed Spyware blaster as well. I'm still curious about what went wrong with Windows Defender though.

Some of the hits I got with a Google search indicated AVG can cause problems with WD.

Thanks Jacee! That allowed me to install Spyware Gurad, so I guess I no longer need Windows Defender. I installed Spyware blaster as well.
I'm still curious about what went wrong with Windows Defender though.

You're most welcome.

I have always had problems with Windows Defender. I have disabled it on Vista and Windows 7 by going into Services, right clicking on it, choosing properties and setting it to 'disabled'.
For some people it works, but I don't have time to mess with something that causes more problems than I care to mess with

Thanks Jacee! That allowed me to install Spyware Gurad, so I guess I no longer need Windows Defender. I installed Spyware blaster as well.
I'm still curious about what went wrong with Windows Defender though.

You're most welcome.

I have always had problems with Windows Defender. I have disabled it on Vista and Windows 7 by going into Services, right clicking on it, choosing properties and setting it to 'disabled'.
For some people it works, but I don't have time to mess with something that causes more problems than I care to mess with

I just went ahead and uninstalled Windows Defender. Spyware Guard seems to be doing the trick just fine now that it's installed.

Thanks again!

Download and install (free) MalwareBytes' Anti-Spyware program (instead of Windows Defender).

Instructions:
download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware to your desktop
http://majorgeeks.com/download5756.html

* Double-click mbam-setup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
* At the end, be sure a checkmark is placed next to Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, then click Finish.
* If an update is found, it will download and install the latest version.
* Once the program has loaded, select Perform full scan, then click Scan.
* When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results.
* Be sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected.

Look for updates and scan often