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14 questions linked to/from How to turn off Windows Defender permanently
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How do you disable and remove the Windows Defender service permanently - kills battery life and performance running? [duplicate]
I am running the latest updates of Windows, and I want to remove all anti-virus based protection on my laptop for battery savings.
I've tried going into PC Settings and Windows Defender, but it keeps ...
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win10 Windows Security, how to disable "Real-time protection" permanently? [duplicate]
every time i turn off Real-time protection, its off for a few days (maybe 3 days?) then it automatically turns itself on again, how do i stop it?
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How to permanently delete Windows Defender in Windows 10 Home? [duplicate]
I specifically insist on deleting it (perhaps, the whole C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Platform folder), because it eats a lot of system resources while being turned off through several ...
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Windows 10: Turning off Windows Defender's real-time protection [duplicate]
Since the times of Windows 7 I'm used to turning off Windows Defender's real-time protection, as it causes too much overhead. As a pro-user, I know what I download and I haven't caught a virus ...
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Disabling Microsoft Antimalware service
I can't disable the Microsoft Antimalware service (MsMpSvc/MsMpEng.exe). I tried using services.msc, but the Startup Type drop-down is grayed out and I can't change it to Disabled nor stop the service....
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Disable Windows Defender in Windows 10
I can't find any information on how to disable Windows Defender in Windows 10. There is some information about how to do it in the previews, but the configuration pages have changed with the final ...
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Windows Starter Edition, Home and Home Premium do not include gpedit, how do I install it?
I want to make some changes to Windows that require using the Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc).
Unfortunately the Group Policy Editor is not included with the Starter Edition, Home and Home Premium ...
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How do I turn off Windows Defender from the command line?
I am searching for a command to temporarily turn off Windows Defender.
Any suggestions?
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How do I completely turn off Windows Defender in Windows 10?
As discussed here, Windows Defender seems to be the cause that make File Explorer become very slow to use.
So I want to turn it off completely - using Real-time Protection off is just a temporary ...
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Is it safe to remove Windows Defender? [duplicate]
I've recently been rather fed up with Windows, and have started removing useless system apps like Edge & IE, and I constantly see Windows Defender using 30+% of my CPU.
I have another antivirus. ...
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Completely remove Windows Defender
On Windows 10 Professional, with the November update (Build 10586, Version 1511) , is there any possibility to completely remove Windows Defender ?
I don't want to just disable Windows Defender. I ...
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Windows 10 - Stopping Antimalware Service Executable Permanently
How do I stop the Malware Service Executable permanently in Windows 10 ?
I tried:
1) Using Group Policies in Windows 10 - Turned it and off and Disabled it
Status: Still Running when I search under ...
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Cannot disable windows defender
Running Windows 10 x86-64.
I have installed Avira antivirus and want to completly diable windows defender. In the control panel's security and maintnence page, I am informed that both are turned on, ...
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How to turn off the Windows Defender notification-icon in Windows OS Build 10.0.15063?
Tried the group policy, tried the direct registry setting, tried the notification-settings - nothing works anymore. Does anyone know the magic trick to turn off the Windows Defender notification-icon?
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