

Note: Different versions of Windows 10 may have slightly different steps to access the Microsoft Defender settings. You must uninstall any third party AV before Microsoft Defender can be used as the default AV again. If you installed a third party AV, Windows Defender cannot be re-activated as the default AV for your system. Microsoft Defender will continue to provide passive scanning capabilities even if a third-party AV is installed. (Some systems may refer to this still as "Windows Defender.") Microsoft Defender comes pre-configured on Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 to provide standard antivirus (AV) scanning and protection by default. It grinds my fast computer to a crawl.Enabling Microsoft Defender on Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 and later I hope MS sees this and fixes this because it's so obtrusive of them to force real-time defender on all the time. in the battle to reclaim CPU power from the sharp clutches of Mr. You should know that Windows will keep annoying you with notifications to turn on virus protection. Press Advanced then enable Run as administrator.In the Shortcut key box press any key you want to use to run this shortcut.Leave this on your desktop so that Windows finds the shortcut key.Ĭ:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring $true Right click on your desktop then select New then Shortcut.After pressing that shortcut I have to still answer Yes to the "Allow this program to make changes" dialog. Because of all this manual labor, I set up a Shortcut Key Ctrl + Shift + Alt + F12 to run the disable command. Sometimes even during the day, Defender will enable itself. I have to run this every time I boot Windows 10. The only thing that works right now, Jan 2021, is a version of this. I tried all suggestions here prior to today and tried this, this, this. Enable Turn off Microsoft Defender Antivirus.Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Microsoft Defender Antivirus.To permanently disable Microsoft Defender: Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Microsoft Defender Antivirus > Real-time Protection.Open Local Group Policy Editor (type gpedit.msc in the search box).To permanently disable real-time protection: Virus & threat protection > Virus & threat protection settings > Manage settings.Open Windows Security (type Windows Security in the search box).Tamper Protection must be disabled before changing Group Policy settings, otherwise these are ignored. In newer versions of Windows, Tamper Protection was added. Open Resource Monitor (type resmon.exe in the search box).In newer versions of Windows, Group Policy settings for Microsoft Defender are reverted back.
