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Not sure why you’d want to disable virus protection, but Microsoft has a guide should you want to: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/turn-off-defender
by colejohnson66 5y ago
Not sure why you’d want to disable virus protection, but Microsoft has a guide should you want to: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/turn-off-defender-antivirus-protection-in-windows-security-99e6004f-c54c-8509-773c-a4d776b77960 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/turn-off-defende...
- bob1029 5y ago> Follow these steps to temporarily turn off real-time Microsoft Defender antivirus protection in Windows Security. How long is "temporary"? > Not sure why you’d want to disable virus protection Because Microsoft's implementation drags ass when fighting with one of Microsoft's other terrible messes - visual studio. Also. It's my fucking computer.
- topkai22 5y agoYou can (depending on group policy if domain joined) disable real time scanning on individual processes, files, and folders in a more permanent manner IRC.
- mattbee 5y agoThere's a registry (or group policy?) tweak to turn it off for good. It was absolutely necessary on my 2015-era laptop, especially in the era of WSL1 where every Linux-side file operation caused a Defender operation - made a huge difference running test suites, git operations and so on. I've tried to leave it on my new laptop (esp on WSL2 where Defender doesn't get a look-in) but I can _smell_ when it's slowing me down.