Vista security center won't start

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i got a windows security alert that my security center isn't turned on
and when i try to turn it on then it says: The Security Center service can't
be started.
firewall, windows defender and windows update seem to be fine and all seem
to be working.
when i got the problem i scanned my computer with bitdefender and it found 2
viruses something like adware.casino and backdoor.rbit. bitdefender fixed the
viruses but now i still have the security centre problem. Please help!
Thanks in advance
 
Kristjan said:
i got a windows security alert that my security center isn't turned on
and when i try to turn it on then it says: The Security Center service
can't
be started.
firewall, windows defender and windows update seem to be fine and all seem
to be working.
when i got the problem i scanned my computer with bitdefender and it found
2
viruses something like adware.casino and backdoor.rbit. bitdefender fixed
the
viruses but now i still have the security centre problem. Please help!
Thanks in advance
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You've got to learn to keep the nasties out. Now that you have been
compromised my only safe suggestion is to do a secure wipe and reinstall the
OS, not while connected to the internet either. Get Dban if you wan to do a
secure wipe.


You been using IRC?

http://www.viruslist.com/en/viruses/encyclopedia?virusid=56713
 
Oh yea, wanted to say that security center is a service and can be
enabled/disabled by going to the services list. Just type services in the
search box and it will start. Scroll down to Security Center entry and make
sure it is set to auto-start. You can start it from there too by clicking in
the left pane on start.. If it still doesn't start then it has been buggered
up in the registry by the Trojan you had/have on your PC.
 
You could try this:

Right-click Command Prompt (in Start Menu\Programs\Accessories) and choose
Run as Administrator. Type (or Copy and Paste) the following command:

winmgmt /verifyrepository

Press Enter. If the system returns "WMI repository is not consistent", type
this command:

winmgmt /salvagerepository

Press Enter. The first time you run this it will fail. (It will issue stop
commands to the services causing it to fail, saying, "A stop control has
been sent to a service that other running services are dependent on"). It
might take a couple minutes for the services to shut down.

Run the last command again. You may have to run it 3 times before it finally
runs and completes
on its own.
 
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