Toggle the Real-time protection switch off. You may receive a User Account Control (UAC) prompt asking if you want to allow the change to occur. Select Yes. When you're ready to turn system protection ...

Microsoft Defender (previously Windows Defender) has been a part of the Windows operating system since the early 2000s, with Microsoft improving and iterating on it up to the present — and presumably ...

Windows Defender, now known as Windows Security in Windows 11, is the free security suite that comes with the Operating System. While not a perfect anti-malware software, this built-in anti-malware ...

There are times when you may want to turn off Windows Security. I'll show you how to (temporarily or permanently) disable it on Windows 11 Home and Pro. I also recommend creating a restore point, and ...

A security researcher built a program that the OS sees as an antivirus Since two AV programs can't run at the same time, Windows Defender turns itself off Previous iteration was taken down for ...

Developed by security researcher es3n1n, a tool called Defendnot can trick and disable Windows Defender, which is built into Windows operating systems. The tool makes Windows believe that a real ...

Most modern Windows PCs rely on Microsoft Defender as their first line of defense against malware. Over the years, it has evolved into a capable and often underrated antivirus that blocks a wide range ...