Windows Security Center does not detect antivirus protection

Security Centre will report the following:Virus Protection NOT FOUND

Cause : These issues are caused by one or both of the following:
Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service not started or A corrupt WMI database

Solution : In the services control panel ensure that the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service is started and is set to Automatic.

Solution 1 : If the service has been simply stopped and not failed to start due to corruption of the WMI database:
1।Click Start Run and type services.msc then click OK.
2.Right-click Windows Management Instrumentation service and select Properties.
3.Click the General tab.
4।Select Automatic as the Startup Type.
5.In the Service Status section, click Start,Click OK,Close the Service window.
If the service will not start then follow the advice in Solution 2.

Solution 2 : When the WMI database is corrupted and needs to be recreated:
1.Click Start Run and type services.msc then click OK.
2.Click OK if prompted with the following message:
Stop other Services
When windows management Instrumentation stops, these other services will stop.
Security Centre
Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)
Do you want to stop these services?
3.Right-click Windows Management Instrumentation service and select STOP.
4.Open Windows Explorer and navigate to the following location: %SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem\Repository
5.Select all files in the Repository folder, right-click and select Delete.
6.Reboot the Windows XP machine. After reboot the WMI service will start and the database will be recreated.