Windows Defender - Turn On or Off

Brink · 25 Mar 2013

Hunter36 said:

Brink said:

Hello Ron,

Personally, I would ditch Windows Defender by installing MSE (Microsoft Security Essentials). It's a lot better IMO. Either way, the updates for Windows Defender or MSE are definition updates that need to be installed to help keep your system protected from the latest malware and virus threats.

I was wondering about Windows Defender. Usually in XP, WD has an unistaller, but in Windows 7, it does not. I have MSE as my main security software right now, how do I if possible, remove Windows Defender off from my computer?

Hello Hunter,

Windows Defender is an included feature of Windows 7, and can only be turned off and not uninstalled.

However, there's no need. When you install MSE, it will turn off (disable) Windows Defender by default. :)

Hunter36 · 26 Mar 2013

Brink said:

Hunter36 said:

Brink said:

Hello Ron,

Personally, I would ditch Windows Defender by installing MSE (Microsoft Security Essentials). It's a lot better IMO. Either way, the updates for Windows Defender or MSE are definition updates that need to be installed to help keep your system protected from the latest malware and virus threats.

I was wondering about Windows Defender. Usually in XP, WD has an unistaller, but in Windows 7, it does not. I have MSE as my main security software right now, how do I if possible, remove Windows Defender off from my computer?

Hello Hunter,

Windows Defender is an included feature of Windows 7, and can only be turned off and not uninstalled.

However, there's no need. When you install MSE, it will turn off (disable) Windows Defender by default. :)

Hmmmmmmm, I see. Thanks for the advice

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Brink · 26 Mar 2013

You're most welcome Hunter. :)

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balubeto · 16 Nov 2014

Using the registry of Windows 7 SP1, how do I completely disable the automatic startup of Windows Defender?

Thanks

Bye

Golden · 16 Nov 2014

balubeto said:

Using the registry of Windows 7 SP1, how do I completely disable the automatic startup of Windows Defender?

Explained here

balubeto · 16 Nov 2014

Golden said:

balubeto said:

Using the registry of Windows 7 SP1, how do I completely disable the automatic startup of Windows Defender?

Explained here

If I disable it in this way, I can still run it manually without any error message. Right?

Thanks

Bye

Brink · 16 Nov 2014

Hello Balubeto,

Sorry, but no. If you turn off or disable Windows Defender, you will not be able to run it until you enable and turn it on first.

balubeto · 16 Nov 2014

Brink said:

Hello Balubeto,

Sorry, but no. If you turn off or disable Windows Defender, you will not be able to run it until you enable and turn it on first.

In other words, with this way, I disable the Windows Defender service and not its program. If so, how do I set this service to "on demand" and to ensure that its program does not start at system startup, always operating on system registry?

Thanks

Bye