In this Windows 10 guide, we'll walk you through the steps to temporarily disable the real-time protection on Microsoft Defender Antivirus.

Is your antivirus preventing you from completing important tasks? We’ll walk you through how to temporarily disable your antivirus and why you may need to.

Like other antivirus programs, Microsoft Defender will upload suspicious files to Microsoft to determine if they are malicious. However, some consider this a privacy risk and would rather have ...

Learn how to disable Antimalware Service Executable in Windows 11/10 using Group Policy Editor, Windows Security, and PowerShell.

Microsoft Defender (which used to be known as Windows Defender), is the built-in antivirus tool in Windows 10, and Microsoft has just made it more difficult to disable.

Latest Videos From Windows Central This guide will walk you through the different methods to disable the Microsoft Defender Antivirus on Windows 11.

But Microsoft rebuts claims that it's been using underhand tactics in Windows 10 against third-party antivirus.