Windows 10: I apparently have no Microsoft defender Anti-Virus or Firewall? Thought that wasnt possible?

I have previously disabled it then re-enabled etc, my anti malware alsowent haywire as well as a few other programs, have been setting up and running their own task scheduling, possesed A.I or Poltergiest or something, its funny but its not. lol Does anyone know if Is there is still a deep scan rootkit that Defender still has that can be ran? I used it once before, quite a few years ago now but... Wasnt a download, was just a deep test that Microsoft enabled. My screen has also been showing lots of unable to terminate Pid with such and such numbers attached. Thank you

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multiple anti-virus and firewalls

I got a message from my Microsoft application "Support Assist" saying "You have more than 1 antivirus software enabled. This can lead to conflicts that may impact performance." This is on my Dell Inspiron AMD 3655 Desktop, with Windows 10 Home OS.

When I click on "details" in the message, Support Assist shows that I have:

2 "McAfee Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware" products enabled,

1 "McAfee Firewall" enabled and

1 "Windows Firewall" enabled.

Under Support Assist's "security" tab, "Windows Defender" is "disabled."

I can't find a way to disable the Windows Firewall, however, or 1 of the McAfee Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware products.

How do I disable any of these security programs? Or enable them in the future? Also, which Firewall protects my Dell Inspiron better, the McAfee or Windows Firewall? Is McAfee Anti-Virus/Spyware a better protector or Windows Defender?

Alternatively, is it worth it to keep the double anti-virus/spyware programs and firewall programs for my data's safety, even if it slows my computer's performance?

 

Firewall, Anti-Virus, Malware Protection for Windows 10

Windows 10 comes with Windows Defender. Is that all I need?

What virus, firewall, or malware protection does Microsoft recommend we need for Windows 10 Ver 1709, beyond Defender? If any?

* Original title: Firewall, Anti-Virus, Malware Protection

 

How to scan anti-virus with windows Defender?

For windows 10, I would like to know on how to scan anti-virus with windows Defender, when I select a file and right click, there is no anti-virus for scanning for windows defender and how to make windows defender update automatically?

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions