If not, could you publish the source? Thank you! Just so you know. I downloaded the uninstaller for Windows Defender, but it still shows up in the windows task manager under processes and is still taking up a lot of my physical memory. Many people would agree with you, sadly a lot of that stuff is woven tightly into Windows and will likely be almost impossible to remove safely.
This article urgently needs an update. This sucks incredibly. I finally found a way to turn it off permanently. I found this on my own, you will not find this trick in Google.
BUT afterwards I was not able to turn it on again. So do this trick only if you are sure that you will never use it again. Then restart Windows. The service will not run anymore and you will find NO way to turn it back on! The really weird thing is that after turning off Windows Defender I cannot write the same registry value back that was there before I changed the value.
Really very very strange. Probably this is a bug. At least it is a huge security hole. There is a new virus running around AntiAdBlocker that is circumventing all known anti-malware and anti-virus programs.
It cleverly implants itself in Windows Defender, which Windows does not allow you to delete or remove, and makes itself appear as a Windows Defender update, not an install. Thanks a million. Manual deletion on Win 8.
Taking file ownership was easy on one machine and tough on another pc. Windows Defender was just a disturbance and more so when I could not delete the files.
Gone into the electronic dustbin. Does this work with Windows 10? With build , it seems Windows Defender is turned on automatically and there is no way to stop or remove it. Does anyone know a parameter to get this to work silently? I have tried to deconstruct but am having trouble amending the permissions on one of the keys.
Thanks again! I tried it on Windows 7and it was great but on Windows 8. Now I have to format : Please create an Uninstaller targeted for Windows 8. I deleted those manually but that still created this error. Defender is more woven into 8 and seems to be far harder to remove completely. Thank You to you all! You are my life saver…lol That windows defender error message was driving me crazy!
Does anyone know why it does that in the 1st place? For the benefits of others looking for answers, please mark the suggestion as Answered if it solves your problem. Luckily most of the time when you install a new anti spyware program or antivirus application that includes anti spyware, it should be smart enough to disable Windows Defender as your new software takes care of it from now on.
However, if Defender is still running or causing other issues, you need to know how to turn it off manually or in more extreme cases remove it from the system completely. Here we show you how to do both. Thanks for your feedback. To do this, follow these steps. David Mowat. Hi, McAfee say that I need a Windows Defender removal tool so that their product will install and run. Could you point me in the right direction for that tool? This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread.
I have the same question 8. Some of you have been asking about whether or not you should download Windows Defender. Windows Defender comes with Windows Vista. If you use Windows Vista, do not download Windows Defender. What is Windows Defender? Windows Defender is a free program from Microsoft that helps protect your computer against pop-ups, slow performance, and security threats caused by spyware and other unwanted software.
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