I cannot enable enhanced firewall - blocked by Defender

AVG Protection
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I cannot enable Enhanced Firewall! I keep getting the message:-

"Your organisation used Windows Defender Application control to block this app."

The app is AVG's VisthAux.exe. Even turning Defender OFF completely it is still getting "blocked by Defender".

Windows 10 Pro 64 bit Insiders Preview is my operating system.

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I have the same problem… any fix?

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Having exact same issue, just installed AVG Internet Security 2018 w/TuneUp and VPN.  It let me toggle the switch over to enable once, and gave me the built in warning about passive mode, so I left it alone for the moment until I could read about it to understand what I was doing.  Came back to it, and now I get the big red banner on the main AVG page that says I am not protected, and the Hacker/enhanced firewall is the only one in red (others green).  The error message it throws up at is exactly as the OP says, but here is your screenshot…screenshot

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Hello Mark,

I understand the inconvenience.
I request you to provide the (screenshot) of message appearing while turning on AVG Firewall.
You can post the screenshot here in your topic. Click on 'Answer' & then click on the 'Image' [mountain symbol] & follow the instructions.

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Having exact same issue, just installed AVG Internet Security 2018 w/TuneUp and VPN.  It let me toggle the switch over to enable once, and gave me the built in warning about passive mode, so I left it alone for the moment until I could read about it to understand what I was doing.  Came back to it, and now I get the big red banner on the main AVG page that says I am not protected, and the Hacker/enhanced firewall is the only one in red (others green).  The error message it throws up at is exactly as the OP says, but here is your screenshot…screenshot

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I have the same problem… any fix?

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Hello Mark,

I understand the inconvenience.
I request you to provide the (screenshot) of message appearing while turning on AVG Firewall.
You can post the screenshot here in your topic. Click on 'Answer' & then click on the 'Image' [mountain symbol] & follow the instructions.

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i ave the same problem

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Hello Brian,

I understand the inconvenience.
It seems that Windows Defender got activated and it is blocking AVG Antivirus service.
I request you to contact our technical support using this link: https://support.avg.com/support_tech_chat?l=en to get further assistance.
Thank you.

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i ave the same problem

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Damian, 

Sorry to hear that the issue persists. We see that you have already contacted our technical support regarding this issue. Not to worry, our senior team will analyze the log files and get back to you soon. 

As an alternate solution, I request you to follow the below instructions. Open run command by pressing windows and R key simultaneously, type services.msc and press enter. 

Select Windows defender and stop its service. Then try to reinstall your AVG Internet Security Unlimited as suggested in this article: 
http://support.avg.com/SupportArticleView?urlname=How-to-troubleshoot-issues-after-upgrade-to-the-latest-AVG-antivirus-product . Note: Run AVG Clear first, restart your device  and run remover tool. After restart follow the installation link as mentioned in Step.2. Let us know if you face any difficulties.