Protect your privacy, identity, and devices with Windows Security. Explore Windows 11 security features like Microsoft Defender Antivirus that help keep you and your PC safe.
Protect your privacy, identity, and devices with Windows Security. Explore Windows 11 security features like Microsoft Defender Antivirus that help keep you and your PC safe.
Protect your privacy, identity, and devices with Windows Security. Explore Windows 11 security features like Microsoft Defender Antivirus that help keep you and your PC safe.
To switch Microsoft Defender Antivirus to passive mode, even if it was disabled before onboarding, you can apply theForceDefenderPassiveMode configurationwith a value of1. To place it into active mode, switch this value to0instead. Note the modified logic forForceDefenderP...
You can choose to have Microsoft Defender Antivirus exclude processes in your scan. This can make a scan finish more quickly, but your computer will have less protection. When Microsoft Defender Antivirus detects potential spyware activity, it stops the activity, and then it raises an ...
There are two basic components of any Windows antivirus program: Memory-resident scanningorreal-time protectionmonitors all files and processes that are loaded and running in a computer's active memory. File-level scanningrefers to checking files on the hard disk for viruses manually or on a reg...
After restarting the computer, the antivirus will enable again automatically. Or you can use the same instructions outlined above, but instep 5, make sure to turn on theReal-time protectiontoggle switch. This is not a permanent solution, but it's the best option to disable the protection to...
Important:Microsoft Defender Antivirus will turn off if you install another antimalware program to protect your PC. Before you install antimalware software, check to make sure you don't already have another 3rd party antimalware product on your computer. If you do, be sure to remove the product...
Along with the ransomware tied to access controls, Microsoft Defender Antivirusincludes the Tamper Protection featurebased on access control, which prevents malicious applications from tampering with the service. Tamper Protection is on by default, but users and administrators can easily disable...
There are two basic components of any Windows antivirus program: Memory-resident scanning or real-time protection monitors all files and processes that are loaded and running in a computer's active memory. File-level scanning refers to checking files on the hard disk for viruses manually or on...