Windows 10: How do you turn off Windows Defender completely?

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  1. GREGH
    GregH Win User

    How do you turn off Windows Defender completely?


    I'm seeing a similar thing. I have Bitdefender Total Security 2016 installed. Windows Defender seems to turn itself on and then stay on, even after restarts and reboots. Bitdefender seems oblivious to this, just sits there doing whatever it is that it does... Does not complain or give any warning. Neither does Windows 10.

    I recon it is a bug or incompatibility in Bitdefender. Ironically I upgraded to the new 2016 version because it touted Win10 compatibility.
     
    GregH, Oct 5, 2015
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  2. ALLENCHICAGO
    AllenChicago Win User

    I removed AVAST because it started to become annoying. Decided to give the new version of Windows Defender a try, because it's supposedly much better under Windows10.

    Question: How do I stop it from telling me that I need to scan my computer every blessed day? I like the Real-Time Protection, but do not want it wanting to run a quick scan whenever it feels like it. (BTW.. This "quick" scan takes 45 minutes!) I'll manually run a scan from time-to-time, just like I did with Avast and the older Windows Defender.

    Thanks for any guidance!

    -allen
     
    AllenChicago, Apr 5, 2018
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