The latest versions of the operating systems in the form of "eight" and "tens", in addition to the huge number of innovations presented, were also distinguished by the fact that they have a built-in active system protection service - the so-called Windows Defender (not to be confused with a firewall). By and large, it is not really needed, especially when the user uses other tools like antiviruses. However, not everyone knows how to permanently disable Windows 10 Defender , for example, so that it does not cause problems in work. There are several basic methods that will now be considered.
How to completely disable Windows 10 Defender in the simplest way?
Not all people who use the tenth version of Windows in their daily work are aware of such a service. In the absence of antivirus software, its messages may appear, say, during the installation of some programs, blocking the execution of the process. However, if you understand how to disable Windows 10 Defender forever, you can apply the simplest solution.
It consists, as you might have guessed, in the installation of any antivirus package. Naturally, this shutdown will only work until the moment when the antivirus is not removed from the computer. That is, if the user is going to use such protection constantly and not uninstall such a package, we can talk about disabling the defender, although in this case, this concept is very arbitrary. Nevertheless, as an option, it will do.
Even when you enter the Control Panel through the standard Start menu or through the control command in the Run menu bar (Win + R), when you try to access the Windows Defender section, the system will simply display a message stating that this service is disabled and does not watch the computer.
Enter through the options menu
In principle, you can disable this service even when you enter the corresponding section through the update and security menu, called from the settings (again, if there is no antivirus).
Here you need to turn the sliders off in the real-time protection line and automatically send samples. True, in this way, the question related to how to turn off Windows 10 Defender forever is not resolved. The service automatically activates after about 15 minutes. But if anti-virus software is installed, its disconnection fields will be inactive. Such a method is suitable, for example, when installing a program, nothing more.
Disabling Defender through Group Policy Editor
And now let’s move on to solving the problem of how to permanently disable Windows 10 Defender. To do this, as one of the most effective ways, you can use the Group Policy Editor, accessed by the gpedit.msc command entered in the Run menu.
Here you need to go down the parameter tree in the computer configuration and find the desired section. Depending on the version of the Top 10 itself, it can be either Windows Defender for the initial version or Endpoint Protection for the final one. How to permanently disable Windows 10 Defender in this case? Yes, just set the service status to Turn Off in the right window. After that, you do not even need to overload the system. The service will be deactivated once and for all.
How to disable Windows 10 Defender forever: registry
Another method is to use a registry editor. Although by and large it duplicates group policies (or vice versa), it is still the most effective. Note that if the shutdown has already been done in the Group Policy Editor, you will not be able to make any changes in the registry.
However, let's see how to permanently disable Windows 10 Defender through the system registry. Here in the HKLM branch in the Software section go to the policies section, and then in the Microsoft directory find the Windows Defender we need. Now in its settings you should create a DWORD parameter, name it DisableAntiSpyware (if one is missing) and set it to "1". If the specified parameter is available, just change the value from 0 to 1, that's all.
Additional programs
If you don’t want to do such things, you can use special programs like Win Updates Disabler. Such utilities have special tabs where the names of the components that can be deactivated are indicated.
We find the corresponding service in the list of disconnected elements, just put a checkmark in front of it and apply the changes made. And, of course, this program was given only as the simplest example, and today in the vastness of the same Internet such utilities can be found not even tens, but hundreds. However, all of them are initially very similar in functionality. The only difference is in the interface and the names of modules or tabs. But the basic services of the system are called the same everywhere. So, special difficulties with their use should not arise.
Conclusion
In principle, as already clear, the issue of complete disconnection is solved quite simply. True, it is best to deactivate this service either through group policies or through the system registry. Naturally, if the user is not going to remove the antivirus. This will be the easiest way. On the other hand, if you use special utilities, do not forget that they will constantly monitor the system in terms of its disconnected components in the background, often using unreasonably high memory consumption and putting extra load on the central processor. However, with sufficiently large volumes of "RAM" it will be imperceptible.
Yes, and one more thing: if for some reason the antivirus software is removed from the computer, and the defender was manually disabled at one time by the above two methods, it is better to activate it again, because without this the system will be at risk. And so - at least some, but still protection.
However, it is up to everyone to decide which methodology to disable or enable protection to use, which security tools to use. But the fact that it is impossible to leave the system without protection, even the most primitive one, is not even discussed. Therefore, before deciding to turn it off, think a hundred times.