My automatic updates of windows is turned off and I can't turn it back on

Hello

2 days ago, I had a virus and got rid of him, because I can't seem to be able to turn my Automatic under updates. any suggestions?

Hi Stephanie,

·         What happens when you try to activate the automatic updates?

·         You receive an error?

You can check if this article helps.

You can not turn on automatic updates on a Windows XP Service Pack 2 computer

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