Cannot start Widows Firewall

[Phieus]

So I have come across this odd little issue of the Windows Firewall not allowing me to enable it thus not allowing me access to many core apps of Windows 10 including Mail, Calendar, Xbox and Cortana. This has been ongoing and I assume it to be the cause of many other issues like NZXT CAM not logging me in and updated repeatedly failing to install.

I have already run Malwarebytes and removed 2 tech support scams and 4 Bitcoin mining malwares.

 

Any and all suggestions at this point will be useful. Thanks in advance!

[Electronics Wizardy]

reinstall or restore backups, you system seems a bit screwed up with malware.

[Phieus]

3 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

reinstall or restore backups, you system seems a bit screwed up with malware.

Well I did leave Malwarebytes to do a complete deep scan of my system. It only found those 6 items. They have been promptly removed from the system. I don't know when the last System Restore point was taken and, I hate to admit this, but I have no proper way of taking a back up of my system.

[captain_to_fire]

Do you have an Administrator account to begin with? If yes, it looks like you've got a nasty malware infection. You can try using Norton Power Eraser which will aggressively scan for malware but might result to high false positives. If you want you can try booting your PC using a Kaspersky Rescue Disk by a flash drive. 

 

If all things fail. You might need to reinstall Windows. Despite the 97% real time protection, I don't trust Windows Defender at all. You're better off with third-party solutions. Check ratings here and here.