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How to disable or enable Windows


Defender in Windows 8.1

Windows Defender is an antivirus software which provides 'baseline protection'


according to Microsoft and ships with Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. Since Windows
8, Windows Defender is the same application as Microsoft Security Essentials, which
exists as a separate download for Windows 7, Vista and XP.

While Windows Defender provides very baseline protection, it slows down your PC
considerably. I have done benchmarks with it enabled and then disabled and
concluded that the filter driver it installs on the system slows down disk I/O
noticeably. Every time, I download some small file from the Internet, it also makes
my browser hang. If you are not happy with Windows Defender and would like to
turn it off, follow this simple tutorial.

To disable Windows Defender, you need to open its main window. This can be done
quickly by searching from the Start screen.

Open the Start screen and type the following:

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Windows Defender will appear as theblog
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result in the search:

Run it and switch to the Settings tab. In the left pane, you will see the
'Administrator' item. Click it.

Now, in the right pane you will see the 'Turn on this app' checkbox. Untick it to
disable Windows Defender.

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Click the 'Save changes' button to confirm the changes you made. You will get the
appropriate message:

That's it. Windows Defender will be disabled.

To enable it back, you can use the Action Center applet from the classic Control
panel.

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Center.

In the right pane you will see the message that Windows Defender is turned off.

Click the 'Turn on now' button to enable Windows Defender again.

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