Step to disable and enable Windows Defender Antivirus using Windows Defender Security

Currently, most people are populating in using with window 10 that there are many features on window 10. One of many features is Window Defender Antivirus. Microsoft company created window 10 come with the Window Defender Antivirus antimalware feature in the purpose to protect your computer or device include data from other virus, spyware, ransomware, and many other types malware. Also it can protect your computer or device from hacker too. One more thing, Microsoft’s the build-in antimalware solution is enough for most of user, but sometime you have some special case that you will not to use this security feature such as install new software or app. For example: you have one software and you want to setup this software on your computer or device but it got protecting by this security feature because this feature will scan all file on this software and meet with some extension like .exe similar virus file, so this security feature locked this file and you can’t setup. This problem make you can't install this software, so you want disable Window Definer Antivirus to install this software again.

However, we want to remind that before operating system window 10 has a feature to disable Window Definer Antivirus permanent from the registry. But currently, Microsoft removed feature to disable Window Definer Antivirus permanent from the registry on the window 10. On this point, it means that Window Definer Antivirus will re-active again by automatically after you restarted computer or device even you changed the group policy or registry settings. On this article, we will share with you about How to disable and enable Window Definer Antivirus on window 10.

Method 1: Disable Windows Defender Antivirus using Windows Defender Security

If you have some software and you need to install these software on your computer or device, you should not disable Windows Defender Antivirus permanently because it need occasionally. You should disable it temporary.

Step 1: open window 10 and click on start button

Step 2: please move cursor to search box and type word on this box “Windows Defender Security”

Step 3: please click on “Windows Defender Security” when you found

Step 4: And it will show new form. On the left hand, please click on “Window Security”

Step 5: please look at the middle side, and click on “Virus & threat protection” then it will show new form one more

Step 6: you need to find and click on word “Virus & threat protection setting”

Step 7: you need to find word “Real-time protection” and click on toggle switch “Off”. If it alert “Do you want to allow this app to make change to your device?” please click “Yes” and close all form.

After you finished the above steps, Windows Defender Antivirus will disable the real-time protection on window 10. So you can install apps or software by your requirement. It means that your apps or software don't block by security feature like before.

Method 2: enable Windows Defender Antivirus using Windows Defender Security

Step 1: open window 10 and click on start button

Step 2: please move cursor to search box and type word on this box “Windows Defender Security”

Step 3: please click on “Windows Defender Security” when you found

Step 4: And it will show new form. On the left hand, please click on “Window Security”

Step 5: please look at the middle side, and click on “Virus & threat protection” then it will show new form one more

Step 6: you need to find and click on word “Virus & threat protection setting”

Step 7: you need to find word “Real-time protection” and click on toggle switch “On”. If it alert “Do you want to allow this app to make change to your device?” please click “Yes” and close all form.