Has anyone found a way to disable Windows Defender in Windows 11 ?

TairikuOkami · Feb 19, 2022

ThrashZone said:
MS updates do a good job of undoing stuff related to disabling defender lol

Indeed, even sordum tool had to disable CMD option, because it was used by malware.

jvickers · Feb 19, 2022

Defender is off when Norton is running:

I assume that's true for any other antivirus software or firewall software you use.

ThrashZone · Feb 19, 2022

Hi,
Yeah guess disabling power shell too ?
Defender is never really off lol

jvickers · Feb 19, 2022

ThrashZone said:
Defender is never really off lol

I find this to be a good thing because it's monitoring for whether I have other protection software running. If something expires, Defender hopefully will reenable itself to assist in keeping me protected.

ThrashZone · Feb 19, 2022

jvickers said:
I find this to be a good thing because it's monitoring for whether I have other protection software running. If something expires, Defender hopefully will reenable itself to assist in keeping me protected.

But the opposite affect of the op lol

Superfly · Feb 19, 2022

Why is this an issue?

ThrashZone · Feb 19, 2022

Superfly said:
Why is this an issue?

Hi,
Short story ?
Defender sux.

Superfly · Feb 19, 2022

ThrashZone said:
Hi,
Short story ?
Defender sux.

I know but... why not ignore it?

ThrashZone · Feb 19, 2022

Superfly said:
I know but... why not ignore it?

It's just a new portal ms uses to send users personal data "sample sending" 10 as well.
I'm personally just tired of the nagware.

TairikuOkami · Feb 19, 2022

ThrashZone said:
But the opposite affect of the op lol

MS just wants people to use AV, any AV for that matter, because is it as follows:

People disable Defender - get infected - complain that Windows sucks - spam MS tech support.

As for the harsh truth, if you do not know how to disable Defender, do not, you will get infected without it.

jvickers · Feb 19, 2022

ThrashZone said:
It's just a new portal ms uses to send users personal data "sample sending" 10 as well.
I'm personally just tired of the nagware.

It sends stuff to us? I must have disabled something somewhere because Defender only alerts me of when I shut down Norton, which I seldom do.

TairikuOkami · Feb 19, 2022

jvickers said:
It sends stuff to us?

Smartscreen alone "helped" to arrest some people as well as MS going through onedrive private files.
Not to mention that Kaspersky's own "smartscreen" caused it to be banned in US and partially in EU.

ThrashZone · Feb 19, 2022

TairikuOkami said:
MS just wants people to use AV, any AV for that matter, because is it as follows:

People disable Defender - get infected - complain that Windows sucks - spam MS tech support.

As for the harsh truth, if you do not know how to disable Defender, do not, you will get infected without it.

Hi,
Think more people were hit by ransomware using only defender than third party av's
My mom included :lmao:

TairikuOkami · Feb 19, 2022

ThrashZone said:
Think more people were hit by ransomware using only defender than third party av's
My mom included

I wonder, was protected folders enabled? :think:

But it is true, that Defender's default settings suck and they can not be changed without using 3rd party tool.

DefenderUI

www.defenderui.com

ThrashZone · Feb 19, 2022

TairikuOkami said:
I wonder, was protected folders enabled?

But it is true, that Defender's default settings suck and they can not be changed without using 3rd party tool.

DefenderUI

www.defenderui.com

Hi,
Yeah bitdefender and it's not happened again so you and who ever can have defender

TairikuOkami · Feb 19, 2022

ThrashZone said:
Yeah bitdefender and it's not happened again so you and who ever can have defender

I do not use AV since XP, I was just saying that people should use any AV rather than none, so even Defender will do.

ThrashZone · Feb 19, 2022

jvickers said:
It sends stuff to us?

Norton okay gotcha most people found out norton was crap years ago lol

Well look at it this way since my other comment went over your head a tad bit

MS this is microsoft lol
Defender sends samples to microsoft servers on billion+ of windows win-10 and 11 users

There have been only a few instances of defender finding any illegal activity and acting on it
But worry not a billion+ users personal files and activities were molested by defender for these few actors lol

Get it now buddy :boom:

ThrashZone · Feb 19, 2022

TairikuOkami said:
I do not use AV since XP, I was just saying that people should use any AV rather than none, so even Defender will do.

Obviously defender wont do

11 with all it's obnoxious security requirements is an attempt to idiot proof an os it's really is a futile effort lol

Sammy888 · Feb 19, 2022

ThrashZone said:
Hi,
Short story ?
Defender sux.

In the 40 years since I have been using a PC withOUT an antivirus, I only became infected twice, in the beginning and it was nothing I had no control over. I learned really quick.

Some people are extremely dumb and stupid. They need to be led and can't think on their own. They just blindly jump into the water without knowing or testing it first. They need to be protected from themselves. This is where antivirus applications help.

Sammy888 · Feb 19, 2022

Stigg said:
Where do any current comments say that it's broken?
I have even put my glasses on and can't see any. I am assuming you're using Windows 11.
Did you add it to the Exclusion List from the menu? There are plenty of dummies that post on that site.

It is working fine for me.
It's a standalone program. Nothing to install.

I'm sorry. I can't help if you can't see what's blatantly there. But maybe you're not looking at the correct site: Defender Control v2.0