It's easy to do also: From Run open MSCONFIG and click on Services, than scroll down to the 2 entries in picture below below and uncheck them: IN Taskmanager the 2 services WinDefend and WdNisSvc should be booth stopped, see picture, if not, use right click and click Stop for both:
Also, Change in Group Policy Run as admin gpedit.msc Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Defender Turn off Windows Defender = Enabled
The only part that works on Core N version I'm testing is the uncheck box inside windows defender settings. The autoruns.exe doesn't work to disable the services. Gives access denied message. You might be able to modify things with takeown and icacls, but I really don't think that's a great idea.
you need to first disable Windows Defefender, then only can you disable the startup item WdNisSvc and WinDefend you cannot delete the startup entry itself
Yep, doesn't work on Core N... gonna try it on ProWMC soon. Edit: Missed the step about clicking the administrator part of the Windows Defender app. Sorry! - The screens look almost exactly the same!
right click, run as admin and you get this nice choice screen, turn on this app, untick and all done cheers
Almost post the same question here. Please somebody explain the "side effects" having both Windows Defender and an AV solution running simultaneously, which could obliges me to turn off either one or another.
I messed up. You know the Windows Defender screen where you have to click the Administrator column before unchecking the box? Yah... I didn't do that because the default screen looked the same as the one in the pic. That was my problem. This method works with the autoruns.exe runas admin stuff and unchecking the boxes after you properly disable the correct option. Thx for finding the details for this ian82, I personally have no use for a fulltime malware blocker. I scan exe files before running them.
Btw Windows 8, automatically,turns Windows Defender off when you install another AV,or just disable the service.No big deal.
no the startup entries never go away, u NEED to disable them manually or else you WILL run into issues i've seen on many other forums like Eset's and Webroot's forums
Hmm ... after installing AVG IS 2014 i only disabled the WinDefender Service and good. Don't have any start entries left and no problems at all .
I just installed Webroot that you,re obviously using and started scanning to see how it behaves.I'll remove Windows Defender start up entries.I'm trying to see your point of view about AVs,maybe I'll change my mind.
After you install Webroot, Reboot, many people forget that after you reboot, run a custom scan, and select all your partitions once you do that full/custom scan, Webroot whitelists the files so it becomes even lighter than it already is