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- Aug 12, 2014 But windows defender, together with Windows firewall, has antivirus and internet security properties as installed in Win 8.1? Do we need to install an antivirus program in Win 8.1? In Windows 8.x, Defender is an antivirus program, So no, you don't need to install an antivirus program. On the other hand, there are better antivirus programs.
- Dec 07, 2018 Turn off Windows Defender in Windows 7. The best and the easiest way to disable Windows Defender is turning off its service in Windows Services list. To do this: Method 1 of 2. Step 1: Type in services.msc in Start menu search box and hit enter. Click continue button if you are prompted with a UAC message.
- Can Windows Defender be permanently uninstalled/removed from my current Windows 7 installation, it can't be done through the Add/Remove Programs Wizard. Stack Exchange Network Stack Exchange network consists of 175 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their.
- Mar 01, 2012 This will show you how to turn Windows Defender On or Off in Windows 7. When Windows Defender is on, you will be alerted when spyware and other potentially unwanted software tries to install itself or run on your computer. By default, Windows Defender is turned on in Windows 7.
- Apr 21, 2015 Answers. The CMDLets for Windows Defender are new coming in Windows 8.1. They are not applied to Windows 7. Furthermore, the Windows 8.1 defender is quiet different with Windows 7. We just could update the definitions but not whole applications that only for Windows 8.1. Please remember to mark the replies as answers if they help.
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Can Windows Defender be permanently uninstalled/removed from my current Windows 7 installation, it can't be done through the Add/Remove Programs Wizard.
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I do not think it is possible to completly remove without the aid of a tool such as Vlite.
However, your best bet is to go in to 'Computer Management' then 'Services' and set the Windows Defender service to disabled.
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Not that I know of, but you could stop it bothering you by setting the service to disabled.
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You can also go into the Windows Defender GUI an uncheck the option 'Use Windows Defender'.
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Open the RUN dialog box (windows + R key) and type 'services.msc'.
You can disable the windows Defender and many other services from there and also the Firewall.
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There is a portable application entitled Windows Defender Uninstaller.
- Download it from the link above.
- Run it.
- Click the button to uninstall Defender.
- The lower pane will show what’s being deleted and if there are any errors.
However:
Please read this article entitled 'How To Disable, Uninstall or Remove Windows Defender' to gain greater insight to the above actions including firstly disabling Windows Defender (best practice) and also How To Manually Remove it (if you feel that this is more appropriate), before attempting the above.
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See How To Uninstall, Disable, and Remove Windows Defender. Also, How Turn it Off.
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