Avast suggests removing Windows Defender. Turn Windows Defender on and off


The development of Windows Defender, carried out by Microsoft programmers, is security software that is an integral part of operating systems such as Windows 10 and the earlier release Windows 8 (8.1). The process of activating protection occurs along with the installation of a specific system on your personal computer.


The main task of this software is to maintain the protection of personal computer information from all kinds of virus attacks and from the introduction of various “harmful” programs into the system. However, in some exceptions, it is useful to know how to disable Windows Defender for Windows 10 and 8.1 permanently. After all, the protection process is carried out quite normally, and as soon as a fresh anti-virus program is installed on the user’s device, the built-in software, in theory, automatically stops working.

However, the guide will help you study and understand in what cases, and most importantly, what methods can be used to block anti-virus software, and, if necessary, activate protective software. You may need this action in some episodes of working on a PC. The most popular of them are when the basic - built-in - anti-virus program does not allow installing the utility the user needs (for example, a game), identifying them as a carrier of danger.

Sometimes, in addition to disabling the antivirus itself, it is also important to pay attention to the SmartScreen filter, since it can also block the installation of new software on the computer. Then its functional responsibilities should also be deactivated.


After fresh updates, the antivirus utility icon is automatically shown on the Windows panel. To turn it off, you need to go to the task manager using the “Start” button and, having made the advanced option, make a mark to turn it off in the “Windows Defender Notification icon” item (located in the “Startup” field). After loading again, the icon on the monitor will no longer be present.


Turning off Windows Defender 10 and 8.1

The initial stage of the process of how to disable the Defender service in Windows 10 and 8.1 is the same for both operating systems. A description of how to completely disable antivirus software for Windows 10 will be given below. To start deactivating the defender, click (right-click) on “Start” (lower left corner of the monitor) and find the “Windows Defender” icon in the control panel. It is located in the left column at the top; to do this, the user needs to switch to the “Icons” view.


The main utility protection window will appear on the PC screen. Sometimes users can read the following message in the window - the notification “The application is disabled and is not monitoring the PC.” This window informs you that, most likely, another protection program against viruses and other negative factors is activated on your PC. Further work on removing standard anti-virus software will be carried out specifically for a specific operating system.


Windows 10 system

The problematic question “how to permanently remove Windows 10 Defender” for this operating system can be solved in a number of ways. First of all, it's standard. This method is not a 100% guarantee of turning off antivirus software (Defender will automatically start working again after about a quarter of an hour), but sometimes it is used.

On the pop-up Start panel, find the “Settings” item and click on it. Next, go to the “Update and Security” section, find there the “Windows Defender” icon we need. In the “Real-time protection” sub-item, instead of the “On” mark, click and activate the “Off” mark.


If your goal is to completely eliminate the antivirus, use the following methods. The essence of the methods is to use two types of editors: the registry itself and the local Group Policy Editor (GPE). The sequence of actions to disable a security program using GPE is as follows:

We display the “Run” window (pop-up) using the key combination on the Win+R keyboard, and type gpedit.msc to activate the local group policy editor.


In the “Computer Configuration” menu, go to the “Administrative Templates” section. Then in the “Windows Components” section we look for “Endpoint Protection”. Double-click on the “Turn off Endpoint Protection” column.


A window will open called “Turn off Windows Defender” - the old option, the new one looks like “Turn off Endpoint Protection”. On the left side you will see three options “Not Configured”, “Enabled” and “Disabled”. Check “Enabled” and click OK.


Antivirus software is completely deactivated. When you try to activate this software, a window will pop up with the message “This application has been disabled by group policy.”

The same procedure can be carried out using the Windows Registry Editor: similarly, as in the case described above, open the “Run” window (Win+R button combination) and type regedit to start the editor. We go through the chain of lines HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE-SOFTWARE-Policies-Microsoft-Windows Defender. Generate a DWORD key, the key name is DisableAntiSpyware, sometimes it is missing. The key value can be twofold: set it to 1 to turn it off, and set it to 0 to turn it on.


That's it, the security program that was automatically added to the computer is disabled. Don’t be surprised that you still see the antivirus icon; it will disappear after the first reboot of the PC. Accordingly, every time you turn it on, a warning window will pop up about the disabled anti-virus program. You can remove it by clicking on the message and specifying “Don’t receive any more notifications about anti-virus protection.” Sometimes, if the previously described deactivation methods did not help, it is necessary to use special free software, the description of which will be given in the articles below.


Windows 8.1 system

To completely block anti-pest software for Windows 8.1, you need to follow these steps. Go to the “Control Panel” menu and find the “Windows Defender” item. Select the “Administrator” sub-item in the “Options” field. Remove the pointer from the “Enable application” notification.


The result of your work will be a new notification about the disabled defender.


Using other apps to block Windows Defender

As described above, it is not always possible to deactivate antivirus software in a simple way, using exclusively the capabilities of the software installed on your PC. Therefore, specialists have developed special utilities that allow users to achieve their goals. The programs are freely available on the Internet, and they are completely free.

One of these utilities, using which it is possible to carry out the procedure of disabling the Windows 10 antivirus program (if the shutdown did not happen using the usual methods), is the Win Updates Disabler utility. It is written in simple language, without unnecessary difficulties, the software language is Russian.


Initially, the program was written to disable Windows 10 updates, which are carried out automatically by the OS. However, the software can also activate and deactivate the operating system and firewall protection functions.

You can also work with a special development - Destroy Windows 10 Spying (DWS for short). The utility was created to prevent the system from tracking your activity, but in the advanced format you have access to completely turn off Windows Defender antivirus.


Recommendations and step-by-step guidance on how to permanently remove Windows 10 Defender are also presented in video format. It will help you study in more detail the chain of actions to disable the defender (antivirus program), if you have difficulties using the text version of the guide. The video option contains a description and demonstration of the elimination of an antivirus program, using all the methods described above.



How to activate Defender for Windows 8 (8.1) and 10?

If in the Windows Defender menu of the control panel you read a message that the PC is not being monitored and the protection software is disabled, you can draw two conclusions.


  • First: another antivirus program is activated on the PC. Do not worry! When you remove this utility from the system, Windows Defender is activated automatically.
  • Second: the defender was blocked by you deliberately, based on one or another life situation. It's quite easy to reactivate it.

In Windows 10, to turn on anti-virus protection again, simply click on the appropriate message (look in the taskbar). All work will be done by the system automatically, without your intervention. True, this does not apply to antiviruses that were turned off using editors. In this episode you will have to go through the steps to turn the application back on.


As in the case of deactivating anti-virus software for the Windows 8.1 system, enabling its defender requires sequential actions. Right-click the mechanical manipulator (mouse) on the antivirus “flag” on the taskbar, in this way you will go to the program’s Support Center. Most likely, you will receive notifications that protection against spyware (special programs), unwanted utilities is turned off, and also that the security program is not activated. To start the antivirus, you just need to click on the “Enable now” checkbox.

We really hope that the information presented was interesting and useful to you on such an important issue as how to disable the Windows Defender service in Windows 10/8.1/8, and you will be able to put it into practice. We look forward to your comments, as well as ratings of our work! We helped you - share your knowledge with your friends. Thank you!

The built-in Windows Defender utility protects your PC from viruses and malware that can be “picked up” on the Internet when downloading files or connecting other users’ flash cards to the device. If you are completely satisfied with the performance of your antivirus program, then you need to know how to disable Windows 10 Defender permanently. This is written about in this article.

Using the Settings app

To disable Windows 10 Defender:

Good to know! The built-in protection will turn off for a while (approximately 15 minutes). After this, the system will automatically launch Windows Defender.

In the Local Group Policy Editor


After this, any attempt to launch the built-in defender will display an error.

Good to know! If you set the parameter to “Not configured”, it will begin to function normally.

In the Registry Editor


Important! If you don't find this setting in the registry, create it yourself: RMB on the “Windows Defender” folder → create → DWORD value (32 bits) → enter the name “DisableAntiSpyware” → set its value to “1”.

If you decide to run Defender again, set the value to "0" in the Registry Editor.

Video

The video shows in detail how to completely disable Windows Defender using the Local Group Policy Registry and Registry Editor.

How to disable Windows 10 Defender through third-party programs

In addition to standard tools, you can disable the built-in defender using special free programs.

The program was originally developed to disable the function of updates that are performed automatically. But it “can do” much more: it turns the OS defender on and off, and has a Russified interface.

The Destroy Windows 10 Spying utility disables surveillance in the OS. But when using the advanced setup mode, the option to disable Windows Defender is available.

How to enable Windows 10 Defender

To activate Defender in Windows 10, you do not need to perform any action - click on the message that is located in the notification center and the system will do everything automatically.

If you deactivated Windows Defender using the Registry Editor or the Local Group Policy Editor, then repeat the same steps as when disabling it, just run Internal Defender.

Making exceptions

If you don't need the built-in antivirus (find out how to choose the best antivirus in the article "Best antivirus for Windows 10") to scan a specific folder, program or drive, add them to the Windows Defender exceptions list.

  1. Start menu → Settings app → Update and security.
  2. Go to “Windows Defender” → on the right side of the window in the “Exceptions” block, click “Add exception” → specify the required files, folders or applications.

Conclusion

Windows Defender protects your computer from viruses and malware. If necessary, you can disable or enable it, and also configure it by adding the necessary files, folders and programs to the exclusion list.

Hello, dear readers of the blog site. Windows 10 Defender (or as it is also called wnidows defender) consists of several modules that are combined to protect your computer from potential threats. It monitors changes in the system that it considers potentially dangerous and blocks modules that pose a threat to the system. Essentially, a defender is a program that has all sorts of settings in its arsenal. In previous versions of Windows, disabling the defender did not pose any problem, but with the arrival of the new operating system, Microsoft updated the entire security system and now disabling is not so easy. So, let's figure out how to disable Windows 10 Defender.

If you find that your defender is disabled and you want to enable it, the second part of the guide describes how to enable the defender.

Disabling Windows 10 Defender

Method 1: Temporarily disable the defender.

Step 1: As I said earlier, the standard method of disabling in the new operating system does not work as in previous versions. This method now only temporarily disables Windows Defender and if you do not enable it, the system will automatically enable it. However, if you just need to turn it off for a while, perform some actions with the computer and turn it on again, it will do. The first thing you need to do is log into the control panel. Right-click on the “Start” button and select “Control Panel” from the drop-down list.

Launching Control Panel

Step 2: In Control Panel, find the Windows Defender menu item and launch it. The Defender management window in Windows 10 will open.

Launch Windows Defender in Control Panel

Step 3: Find the gear called “Options” and open it.

Open options to disable

Step 4: After clicking “Options”, the update and security management window will open. On the left in the menu items, select “Windows Defender” if suddenly for some reason this item does not open automatically. In the control window you can disable real-time protection. An annotation from Microsoft immediately warns that the disabling will be temporary and if the protection is disabled for a long time, they will automatically enable it again. Press the switch and turn it to the Off position. If you did not close the main Defender window, you will see how after shutting down the window changed color from green or yellow to red. This means that real-time protection is disabled.

Method 2: Disabling the defender completely.

Please note that this method does not work on the Windows 10 Home operating system. The service required to disable it is missing.

Step 1: Launch Local Group Policy Editor. To do this, press the Win+R key combination and in the “Open:” line enter the command to run gpedit.msc and press Enter or Ok.

To launch the editor, press Win+R

Step 2: If you have this editor installed and running, the system will launch a control window. Open tabs sequentially Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Defender ->. In the right part of the window, find the control option “Turn off real-time protection” and double-click on it with the left mouse button to launch it.

Find Windows Defender in Windows components

Step 3: By default, the parameter is in the “Not Specified” position. In order to disable Windows Defender, you need to switch it to the “Enabled” state. Don't make a mistake at this step and don't accidentally click on the "Disabled" option thinking that disabling means disabling Defender. In this case, you must enable the “Turn off real-time protection” option. This is such a mess :).

Disabling Defender

Enabling the defender after a temporary disabling does not require any additional actions. The system itself will perform all activation steps. If the service was disabled through the “Local Group Policy Editor” by you, you most likely know how to turn it back on, but if it was disabled by someone else or, worse, some malicious program, you need to manually enable Defender.

Step 1: You need to launch the “Local Group Policy Editor” through the “Run” command. To do this, press the Win+R key combination and in the “Open:” line enter the command to run gpedit.msc and OK.

Step 2: Sequentially open on the left side of the window Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Defender -> Real-time Protection. On the right side of the Local Group Policy Editor window, look in the Status column for the setting Turn off real-time protection» and click on it twice with the left mouse button to launch it.

Step 3: If the defender is turned off, the status will be "Off". All you need to do is set the state to “Not Configured”.

Disabling Defender

Windows Defender is the standard antivirus app that comes by default with Windows 10 that provides always-on protection and on-demand scanning capabilities. If third-party antivirus software is installed on your computer, the Windows Defender real-time scanning engine is disabled, but the utility itself is not disabled and remains available for manual scanning of your PC.

Many users do not use a standard antivirus as their main means of protection. They believe that this utility is unnecessary, consumes PC resources and is generally annoying. In previous versions of the OS, the standard antivirus could be completely stopped through the settings, but not in the top ten. This guide will show you how to disable Windows 10 Defender permanently, temporarily.

Completely disabling Windows Defender

There are 3 ways to remove the standard defender and its service. These include the use of:

  1. Registry.
  2. Group Policy.
  3. Third party software.

Let's look at each method in more detail. Before you proceed, log in as an administrator.

Using Registry Editor

Use the Win + R buttons to bring up Run. Next, enter the command regedit, click OK. If a User Account Control warning appears, click Yes.

In the registry, visit the Windows Defender section (see the screenshot for the full path). Right-click on the right side of it (on an empty area), point to “Create”, then select “DWORD parameter (32 bits)”.

Give the new parameter the name DisableAntiSpyware, click OK, and LMB on it twice. In the Value area, enter 1, click OK. Close the registry.

Log out, then log back in for the registry changes to take effect. These steps help to completely disable Windows 10 Defender and its service.

For those who are afraid or do not want to dig inside the registry, there is another solution. There are files with the reg extension that make changes themselves. Follow these steps:


Shutdown via Group Policy

This instruction can be used by users of the OS edition of Windows Pro, Enterprise build 1709 (previous stable versions), except for Windows 10 Home, which does not have a Group Policy module. Launch the “Run” window using the Win + R button combination. Type gpedit.msc into the input line and click OK.

On the left side of the Group Policy Editor window, in the Computer Configuration section, open Administrative Templates, then Windows Components, and select the section associated with Windows Defender. In the right pane, find and double-click the option to turn off Windows Defender.

To disable Windows 10 Defender, check Enabled and click OK. Turn off Group Policy Editor.

Disabling through free programs

There are also programs that stop Windows Defender in a few clicks. Such programs include:

  • Win Updates Disabler;
  • NoDefender;
  • Winaero Tweaker;
  • Other.

Let's look at disabling, using Winaero Tweaker as an example. Follow these steps:


Once you complete the steps above, you will see in Security Center that the Threat Management Service has stopped. When you try to restart it, a corresponding message appears.

Disable Windows Defender temporarily and partially

The standard antivirus works continuously. Sometimes you need to disable this mode altogether, or for a certain period of time, while manual scanning is always available. These activities are done using:

  1. Windows Defender Security Center;
  2. Registry;
  3. Group Policy;
  4. Exceptions from standard antivirus;
  5. PowerShell and cmd.

Let's look at each method in more detail. Log in as an administrator to follow the instructions below.

Using Windows Defender Security Center

This method will disable persistent mode protection for a while until the first reboot of the PC. Launch Security Center from the system tray or Start menu.

Click the shield icon in the left menu. Next, expand the item responsible for threat protection settings.

Drag the slider to turn off the Real-time protection element. When disabling this item in the Windows 10 UAC window, click Yes.

Such actions will disable Windows 10 Defender until the first reboot or user action. In this case, the switch for this parameter will turn on itself.

Disabling via the registry

This method, unlike the first, will turn off real-time protection for as long as the user wishes. Launch search on the taskbar (magnifying glass icon). Type the command regedit in the search bar, then click Enter, and “YES” if UAC appears.

In the registry, go to the Real-Time Protection branch (full path in the image below). In the right area of ​​the registry window, right-click on an empty space, point to “New”, select DWORD (32 bits).

Name the setting DisableRealtimeMonitoring by pressing Enter. Right-click on it, then select “Edit”. Enter 1 in the value area, click OK.

Restart your PC. If you do not want to make changes to the registry yourself, then use reg files. Do the following:

  1. Download the archive with reg files and unpack it.
  2. File – Otkl_RRV: disables Windows Defender real-time scanning, file – Vkl_RRV: enables.
  3. Use RMB click on Otkl_RRV, select “Merge” from the menu. Click “Run”, “Yes”, “Yes” and OK.
  4. Restart your computer.

Stopping via Group Policy

This method is equivalent to disabling Windows Defender through the registry for a while. It just won’t work for Windows 10 Home, but all other editions can use it (Pro, Enterprise, Education). Use the Win + S combination to launch search. Type the gpedit.msc command by pressing Enter.

Navigate to the "Real-time Protection" section (full path below).

In the right area of ​​the window, double-click on the parameter responsible for turning off real-time protection.

Set it to Enabled by clicking OK for the changes to take effect immediately. You can turn off Group Policy.

Adding local drives to Windows Defender exclusions

These actions are more of a trick. Their meaning is to add all sections of your PC to exceptions. As a result, Windows Defender will not scan them or be active.

Launch Windows Defender Security Center from the system tray by clicking on it with LMB.

On the left, select the shield. Then click on the Threat Protection Settings link.

Scroll to exception settings. Then click the add exceptions link.

In the next window, click on the plus sign. Select "Folder" from the drop-down list.

Specify a local drive, click Select Folder. Next, in the UAC window, click “Yes”. If there are more disks, do the same with them. In our case, there are 2 drives C and D. It looks like this.

Using PowerShell and Cmd

This method, like the first, helps disable Windows 10 Defender in real time before rebooting. For PowerShell, follow these steps:

Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring 1

  1. Close PowerShell

For Cmd follow these steps:

PowerShell Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring 1

  1. Close cmd.

Removing an icon from the taskbar

After you have stopped Windows Defender using one of the methods above, you will probably want to remove the shield icon from the system tray. You can do this through the notification area settings or task manager.

1. Right-click on the taskbar, then select “Taskbar Options” from the menu. Scroll to the notification area settings by clicking the first link.

Make sure that the two switches (see screenshot) are in the off position. If the icon still hangs, then turn it on, then turn it off again. These steps should remove the icon.

2. Call the task manager (Ctrl + Shift + Esc). Visit the Startup tab. Right-click Windows Defender and click “Disable” in the context menu. Restart your PC (log out and back in).

Turn off notifications from Windows Defender Security Center

Protection Center shows both critical and non-critical notifications. Below we will describe ways to remove them. In order not to waste your time, we have prepared registry files. These files will modify the registry key shown in the screenshot.

Follow these steps:

  1. Download the archive. Next, unzip it.
  2. The archive contains 4 files that enable and disable notifications: Vkl_nekrit_uved - enable, Otkl_nekrit_uved - disable non-critical messages; Vkl_vseh_uved – enable, Otkl_vseh _uved – disable all messages.
  3. Double-click on the selected file, then click “Run”. In the User Account Control window, click “Yes”, then “Yes” again, and OK.
  4. We log out of the account, then log back in so that the changes take effect.

Now you know how to disable Windows 10 Defender permanently, temporarily, in many ways. In general, there is no point in touching it, it eats up a little system resources, and when installing another antivirus, it disables real-time protection. You can hide the tray icon (on the taskbar) and at the same time turn off non-critical notifications so that it does not remind you of yourself.

Microsoft has integrated Windows Defender antivirus into its OS for a reason: this tool protects the system from malware from the moment it is first launched. Therefore, Defender is a useful feature that most users need.

If you prefer a third-party one, then “Defender” may conflict with it. Usually the built-in antivirus is disabled after installing a new one, but sometimes this does not happen and the protection tools begin to interfere with each other: they slow down the system or see unwanted software in each other.

In such cases, you can disable Windows Defender and rely entirely on a third-party antivirus.

How to disable Defender in Windows 10 and 8

1. Launch Windows Registry Editor. To do this, press the Win + R keys and enter the command in the “Run” window regedit and press Enter.

If a parameter named DisableAntiSpyware is not displayed for you, create it yourself: right-click on an empty area of ​​the window, select “New” → “DWORD Value (32 bits)” and give it an appropriate name.

Then double click on it, change the value to 1 and click OK.

4. Restart your computer. After this, the Defender should turn off.

To enable it, open the registry editor again and change the DisableAntiSpyware value to 0.

How to disable Defender in Windows 8, 7, Vista and XP

1. Launch the manager. To do this, use the key combination Win + R, enter in the “Run” window services.msc and press Enter.

2. In the list that appears, find the service “Windows Defender” or a similar name and double-click on it.

3. When a new window opens, in the “Startup type” field, select “Disabled” and click OK.

4. Restart your computer for the changes to take effect.

To enable protection, find Windows Defender in the service manager again and change the startup type to Automatic.

How to quickly disable Defender in any version of Windows

If for some reason you are unable to disable Defender using standard means, try the free Win Updates Disabler program. It is compatible with all versions and allows you to disable protection in two clicks.

After launching the utility, check the “Turn off Windows Defender” option and click “Apply now.” After this, restart your computer to apply the changes you made.

To enable protection, launch Win Updates Disabler, go to the “Enable” tab, check “Turn on Windows Defender” and click “Apply now”.


2024 gtavrl.ru.