Windows 10: How to disable Microsoft Defender Antivirus while keeping ability to update it?

Hello. I would like to:

1.) Disable Microsoft Defender real-time protection

2.) Disable all Microsoft Defender automatic scans

3.) Keep Microsoft Defender updatable because the anti-malware engine has been shown to be an attack surface.

I have numbers 1 and 3 taken care of. I'm not so certain how to take of number 2. I'm running Build 19041 aka Windows 10 2004 Education.

Thanks.

Edit: I think I found it. I'm deleting the task "Windows Defender Scheduled Scan" in Task Scheduler. It might return after a reboot.

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Windows Defender disables itself

Hi,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community.

I understand that you are facing the issue on Windows defender.

I will certainly help you with this.

I would like to inform you that if you have other antivirus on your computer, so Windows defender automatically

disable itself.

If you don’t have any other antivirus on computer then I would suggest you to check the services for Windows defender:

Steps:

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  Close all application and program and reboot the computer.
  
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  Press Windows key+R.
  
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  Type services.msc and press enter.
  
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  From the list, you will see two services for Windows defender.
  
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  Right click on both the services one at a time.
  
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  Click on properties.
  
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  Under general tab, select automatic from startup type.
  
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  Click on start and then click on apply and then ok.
  
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  Reboot the computer and check if it helps.
  

I hope this helps. Please post back with the status of the issue and we will be glad to assist you further.

 

Defender AntiVirus

There are 4 options under Defender. Two refer to AntiVirus; AntiVirus Network Inspection Service & AntiVirus Services. Under Startup Type these two are listed as manual and the Status column said Inspection Service is running. When I clicked on the Start
button in Properties, I got an immediate message: "Win.. Def.. Anti.. Serv.. on local comp.. started and then stopped. Some services stop automatically if they are not in use by other services or programs."

 

What the hell, windows defender?

Correct. This leaves me wondering if the update superseded gpedit settings, because these updates tend to reset a bunch of shit, or if the update broke/ignored that gpedit setting because there was some change to Windows Defender which doesn't respect gpedit changes.

Right. I'm a pretty careful user, and know how to avoid getting viruses. That's not to say I'm invulnerable or something unexpected might not happen sometime, but for me, it's more convenient to disable antivirus software than it is to have one running that constantly thinks my miner is a virus...

@Bill_Bright My problem with Microsoft is that I just want my computer to function the way I want it to. If I change settings, disable stuff, or even make changes Microsoft may think aren't particularly wise, such as disabling Defender, not using another antivirus software, and disabling UAC, I should be able to expect that it will function the same way tomorrow and 10 years from now, provided I don't make any changes myself.