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The advice is to turn on Defender, Malwarebytes still runs even though it's not "primary".

From the Malwarebytes support forums...

Can MWB's and Defender both run


Certainly no harm in having Windows Defender in full protection mode alongside Malwarebytes

Please make the following change in Malwarebytes if you're using the Premium or Trial version

  • Please open Malwarebytes. Click on the small gear icon to open the Settings and go to the Security tab.
  • Then turn off "Always register Malwarebytes in the Windows Security Center"
  • Restart the computer


Thanks.
 

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I have a paid version of Malwarebytes and it's configured to run in Windows security centre. Which means windows defender is off.
I've been running the 2 in tandem many years. Windows Defender and MWB Premium play real well together if you choose to option MWB to run alongside Defender. Toggle off this setting in MWB which should enable Defender. After a restart, if Defender doesn't automatically turn on, go into settings>privacy & security>windows security and manually turn it on.

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    Dell Optiplex 7080
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    DELL 0J37VM
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    AMD Ryzen 7 6800U
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    integrated
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    integrated
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    Benq 27
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    1TB Crucial nvme
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