Today in this tutorial, we'll tell you how to turn off/disable Windows Defender. Tip Disable or Remove 'Windows Defender Security Center' App in Windows 10.
Windows Defender is the default antivirus solution of Windows 10 just like it has been on Windows 8. The program is enabled by default and will turn itself off if another antivirus solution is installed provided that it is recognized by the operating system.One core difference between the implementation on Windows 8 and 10 is that you cannot turn off Windows Defender completely anymore using the preferences provided in the application.A click on Settings in Windows Defender opens the control panel for the program in the new Windows Settings application.
While you find options to toggle the program's real-time protection there, it is indicated right on the page that this is just a temporary state change.You can turn this off temporarily, but if it's off for a while we'll turn it back on automatically.It is unclear why Microsoft made the decision to change the behavior of Windows Defender in this regard. What is certain however is that it will annoy users who want to disable it permanently on the computer they are working on.While you could go ahead and disable Windows Defender whenever it enables itself automatically again, you may prefer a solution that is permanent.There are two options that you have to disable Windows Defender permanently on a system running Windows 10. Please note that one of the methods is only available in some versions of Windows.Method 1: Disabling Windows Defender using the Group PolicyThe Group Policy Editor is only part of Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise. I agreed with this.
After I finished updating my windows 10. That’s the point where I found windows 10 has helped me installed the unnecessary windows defender without notify me first.
So my computer performance went to slow and lagging after that. I tried to search the relationship between computer/laptop performance and windows defender and I found this article. After doing the “Method 2: Disabling Windows Defender using the Windows Registry”, I found that my laptop performance went back to normal. After 3 days of not being able to use my office pc (I’m on the road most of the day and need my pc to work when I am in the office) I found the “Antimalware Service Executable” service was taking all my resources to do some sort of update or scan, none of which was visible in any way and the pc was on all day for those 3 days. So yes, I disabled it because while it does provide good protection it’s not worth having a system that doesn’t work.
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Same reason I never buy Norton products, they just take too much power away from the system. A way to actually remove the file.1. Download psexec from sysinternal.2. Run cmd as system “psexec -i -s cmd.exe”3. Goto the foldercd “c:Program FilesWindows Defender”4. Take ownershiptakeown /F MsMpEng.exe5. Give system full accessicacls MsMpEng.exe /grant system:F6.
Delete itdel MsMpEng.exeThe process might be running and blocking you. Thats You can fix that easy by starting taskmgr from the system cmd window.
Then kill the process.You probably also want to start regedit from system account and clean out the service. Located at HKEYLOCALMACHINESYSTEMControlSet001ServicesMsMpSvc. ► If you have windows 10 home like me, then gpedit isn’t there. We can fix that pretty easily with a reg file that does all the work for you.
Download the.reg file, save it to your desktop or whatever, double click it, say yes/run or whatever. Windows Defender will now say “disable by group policy” if you try to open it.►.reg file to turn Defender OFF:►.reg file to turn Defender ON:► If this doesn’t work, then you’ll need to install gpedit.msc in your windows files, and then run the.reg again.☼ Download Group Policy Editor Installer ☼► Since the Group Policy Editor is not included in Windows 10 by default, we will need to download the editor first. You may download it from the below mentioned download link.►► Alternative download link:►This is a simple setup file which when run will install and configure the Group Policy Editor in your Windows Home system.☼ Installing gpedit.msc correctly ☼►If you have 32-bit Windows (x86) then the setup should install smoothly without any problems and you should be able to access the Group Policy Editor through the Microsoft Management Console by going to Run – gpedit.msc.
But if you have 64-bit Windows (x64) then you will need some extra steps after running the installer. Follow the steps below after running the installer:1.) Go to C:WindowsSysWOW64 folder2.) Copy the following folders and files to C:WindowsSystem32“GroupPolicy“, “GroupPolicyUsers” and gpedit.msc.☼ Problems running gpedit.msc? ☼► In case you are getting “MMC could not create the snap-in” error message while starting gpedit.msc, you may follow the steps below for the solution:1.) Go to C:WindowsTempgpedit folder and make sure it exists.2.) Download the following zip file and unzip it to C:WindowsTempgpedit. This should replace two files x86.bat and x64.bat.3.) Now run x86.bat if you are running 32-bit Operating System and x64.bat if you are running 64-bit Windows 10. Make sure you are running the batch files as Administrator.After following the above mentioned steps, you should have a working Group Policy Editor in Windows 10 Home edition and if the.reg file didn’t work for you before it should now. Hello.After the last Windows 10 update, I found I could not reboot my P.C. Any longer.By means of friends software’s and a laptop I tried several programs in an effort to revive my system, It took four complete days until I succeeded.
All of that time I was faced by the constant interruption of WINDOWS DEFENDER which went as far as removing the new programs I had to try in order to do the job. How dare they?!Just now I came across your page where you gave me the great satisfaction of having my revenge: Get rid of that damned program!Saying thank you so much is a very small expression of my gratitude for your help. All these solutions are completely useless. Fine, it’s easy to turn Windows Defender off either through the group policy editor or by setting a registry key. BUT not a single person ANYWHERE has been able to answer this questionHOW DO I DISABLE THE WINDOWS DEFENDER ANTIVIRUS SERVICE?Irrespective of whether you have disabled Windows Defender using one of the above methods, the service still runs. As a local admin, you have the permissions to view and modify the Windows Defender Service registry keys, but for some reason that I cannot figure out, the keys are protected by some internal method. So you simply cannot change the startup type of this service.Now does anyone know the reason for this or how to change it?.
Windows Defender is the security solution developed by Microsoft to protect Windows users from malware. This software, activated by default at the end of Windows installation, monitors all files in the system and notifies the user whenever any of them is considered malware.
However, most users prefer to install security suites, third parties that offer greater protection to users than this Microsoft software.Windows 8 users, who also had Windows Defender, could easily disable this security tool to dedicate 100% of the resources to their third-party tool without conflicts between them. Now, will show you some of the best methods to uninstall Windows Defender on Windows 10. Method #1: Disable Windows Defender using Group PoliciesUsing an advanced setting of the group policies you can disable this security software. For this you will follow the following steps:. Open the start menu (or Cortana) and type gpedit.msc.
In the window that appears, navigate to the route Local Team Policy Computer Configuration Administrative Templates Windows Components Windows Defender. There you will see a directive called Turn off Windows DefenderCheck this directive as Enabled and save the changes. When you restart the computer, Microsoft security software will be disabled by default. Method #2: Turn Off Windows Defender using Registry EditorSimilar to method #1, you can disable this tool by editing an entry in the Windows registry. For this follow these steps:. Open the start menu (or Cortana) and type regedit.exe. Navigate to the route HKEYLOCALMACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoftWindows Defender.
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Look for the DisableAntiSpyware entry. If the entry doesn’t exist, you need to create a new 32-bit DWORD value and call it with that name). Open this entry and assign it the value 1. Save the changes and restart the computer. When you restart, Windows Defender will be deactivated permanently.Method #3: NoDefender ToolAs a third method, and more recommendable, you can use the NoDefender tool.
This tool will allow you to uninstall Windows Defender in a few clicks with a simple step-by-step assistant that will guide us during the process. DownloadOnce the app is downloaded, run it. The first thing you will do is click on the “Open Windows Defender Settings” button to open the setting window you have seen before and disable the three options that appear in it to pause the antivirus protection.Once done click on Next to continue with the assistant.
The only thing left for you to do is click on the Disable Windows Defender button that appears to disable Windows Defender on your Windows 10 completely. Once done you can click again on “Next” to continue.All ready. The security tool of Windows 10 has been wholly deactivated and will not be automatically activated again as it was until now. A simple tool that will avoid having to play with group policies and registration to disable this option, as a general rule, should be able to do from the Windows 10 setting panel itself. Method #4: Installing an AntivirusWindows Defender will be automatically disabled if you install an antivirus such as Avast Free Antivirus or AVG AntiVirus Free, among others.Windows Defender will automatically detect it, and it will be disabled until you uninstall the antivirus.Wrapping Up: Uninstall Windows Defender on WindowsAs easy as that you can disable Windows Defender entirely from Windows 10 to avoid resource consumption or use another security software that you prefer.Read:Do know another way to uninstall Windows Defender? Let me know in the comments section.