Windows 10: Microsoft makes it difficult to disable Windows Defender on Windows 10

Discus and support Microsoft makes it difficult to disable Windows Defender on Windows 10 in Windows 10 News to solve the problem; Microsoft Defender Antivirus is the default antivirus protection on the company's Windows 10 operating system. If administrators don't install a... Discussion in 'Windows 10 News' started by GHacks, Aug 20, 2020.

  1. GHacks
    GHacks New Member

    Microsoft makes it difficult to disable Windows Defender on Windows 10


    Microsoft Defender Antivirus is the default antivirus protection on the company's Windows 10 operating system. If administrators don't install a different antivirus solution, Windows Defender Antivirus is enabled and will protect the system in various ways.

    Administrators may configure some settings of the program in the Windows 10 Settings application; this includes turning various security feature such as cloud delivered protection, tamper protection, exploit protection or ransomware protection on or off. What administrators cannot do is disable the program entirely using the Settings app. Disabling real-time protection offers a temporary recourse only as it is automatically enabled again by the operating system.

    Microsoft makes it difficult to disable Windows Defender on Windows 10 microsoft-defender-antivirus.png

    Microsoft released an update for the security program earlier this month that introduced two major changes to it. The first made Microsoft Defender Antivirus flag hosts file manipulations as malicious if they contained entries for certain Microsoft servers, mostly Telemetry servers used to submit data from the Windows 10 device to Microsoft.

    The second change came to light just recently. It appears that Microsoft disabled the Registry key DisableAntiSpyware which administrators could use to disable Microsoft Windows Defender.

    Most uses should not deactivate Microsoft Defender Antivirus if no other antivirus program is active on the system. In some situations, it may be required to disable the tool:

    • If an installed antivirus solution did not lead to Microsoft Defender Antivirus disabling itself.
    • If the user needs to disable the software because of incompatibilities.
    • If no antivirus software is required.

    Our colleagues over at Deskmodder note that third-party software such as Defender Control should still work. The equally excellent Configure Defender may work as well.

    It is unclear at this point in time if the Group Policy options to disable Windows Defender still work.

    Closing Words


    Most third-party antivirus solutions come with options to turn off the protection. While not advised, the programs do give users the choice to do so if they choose that option.

    Are the two changes in the latest version of Microsoft Windows Defender related? Microsoft is tight lipped about the changes and it seems unlikely that it is going to release a public statement about either of these.

    Now You: Which antivirus solution do you use, and why?

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    GHacks, Aug 20, 2020
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  2. HAT
    hat Win User

    What the hell, windows defender?

    So, a while back I disabled windows defender via gpedit. Come to find out it's running again, and telling me my miner is a "severe" threat, despite still being disabled in gpedit. There's a few new entries related to windows defender in gpedit that didn't used to be there before. I'm guessing this happened during the big spring update. UAC keeps becoming re-enabled somehow, as well. For now I have a shitty registry key that's supposed to disable windows defender instead, hopefully it works.

    Damn, Microsoft. They were pushing users to upgrade to 10 so hard, even resorting to plain trickery to get it on as many machines as possible. Now not only is it doing hardcore data mining in the background, but it's changing settings all on its own to whatever Microsoft wants. One step closer to pushing me to Ubuntu or something. I'd already be there if I didn't think it would be an arduous task learning how to computer all over again while simultaneously breaking a lot of games, which is mostly what I use this computer for...

    Bill Gates needs to go back to Microsoft just so he can kick all the guys responsible for w10 squarely in the nuts. /rant
     
    hat, Aug 20, 2020
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  3. ARCTUCAS
    Arctucas Win User
    What the hell, windows defender?

    Big Brother knows what is best for you, why do you resist?
     
    Arctucas, Aug 20, 2020
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  4. 95VIPER
    95Viper Win User

    Microsoft makes it difficult to disable Windows Defender on Windows 10

    95Viper, Aug 20, 2020
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