Every Windows 10 PC has a registry and you can use it to change settings and disable Windows Defender. If you use this method, make sure you’re incredibly careful.

Windows 10 ships with a configuration that will suit most users, but you can always customize the settings (as long as you know what you're doing) on Windows Defender Security Center > App ...

Windows Update, Windows Defender As previously reported, Windows 10 is designed by default to force you to take all updates and drivers that Microsoft distributes.

On the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, Windows Defender brings new features, ... Use the Windows key + I keyboard shortcut to open the Settings app. Click Update & security.

With the release of the Windows 10 May 2019 Update, Microsoft introduced a new security feature called Tamper Protection that protects security settings for Windows Defender antivirus from being ...

Windows Defender is the default anti-virus on Windows 11/10. It’s good enough for most major cases. Therefore, you won’t need a third-party option unless for extreme cases which are quite rare.

The Windows Defender Security Center is now the starting place for the Windows Firewall. At the moment, there aren’t many settings here. Instead, all you see is the current status of the firewall.

Windows Defender in Windows 10 also has tamper protection that helps it identify a malware if the malware attempts to modify registry or app settings. It prevents tampering from both ...

These alerts stated that "Windows Defender Antivirus scan skipped an item due to an exclusion or network scanning settings" but did not provide any further information as to what was causing it.

Windows Defender also has a section in the Update & security tab, though it hasn't been banished from the Control Panel like Windows Update. In this section, you can toggle different Windows ...

Windows 10 performs well out of the box, and while it needs less maintenance than previous versions of Windows, there are still times where the settings might need a tweak to make sure it runs ...