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Since the times of Windows 7 I'm used to turning off Windows Defender's real-time protection, as it causes too much overhead. As a pro-user, I know what I download and I haven't caught a virus since the times of Windows XP.
However, I just upgraded to Windows 10, and it turns out that the "Turn off realtime protection" option doesn't "stick"; it is reset at every reboot. So every time I reboot my computer I have to remember to turn off real time protection.
This is very annoying. Is there a way to turn it off "forever"?
Master_T
Posted 2015-08-08T09:24:35.790
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Since Windows Defender should turn off when a third-party anti-virus solution is installed, one could probably create a fake AV scanner that does nothing but reporting it’s running fine. I don’t know if it already exists, though. – Daniel B – 2015-08-08T10:16:17.470
The real-time aspect of it is a service? [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WinDefend] "Start"=dword:00000004 Also look in task Scheduler. There is this service also [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WdNisSvc] "Start"=dword:00000004 I do not know anough about it yet. Please answer your own question eventually if you figure it out. – Psycogeek – 2015-08-08T10:56:20.907