How to Disable Windows Defender and/or the Windows Defender Security Center

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How to disable Windows Defender and Windows Defender Security Center - How to manually disable default Security built into Windows 10

A lot of Users prefer to use Security Software sourced from a third party, rather than those products Microsoft provide in Windows 10.

While some third party Security software will run perfectly fine in tandem with Microsoft's Windows Defender or the Windows Defender Security Center, generally it's best not to be running multiple Security applications at the same time, as this can result in unstable conditions that may prevent the Security application functioning as expected.

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As of August 21, 2020 Microsoft has apparently decided to remove our ability to adjust these registry entries.

DisableAntiSpyware

It seems that Microsoft has decided to remove this registry key and the ability to manually disable Windows Defender DisableAntiSpyware is intended to be used by OEMs and IT Pros to disable Microsoft Defender Antivirus and deploy another antivirus product during deployment. This is a legacy...

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[bassfisher6522]

I see it as the more and more 10 evolves and updates itself.....MS programmers are taking more and more from the end users abilities and/or rights to add/use 3rd party software and registry edits. To me, it seems to be dumbing down the end user as it's the beginning to become a one and done/plug and play OS.

 

[ClippyBeer]

No reason to 'upgrade' to a newer build unless it adds some must-have feature or fixes some problem. Still on 1903 and can't see a compelling reason to change.