
You can activate it again once you are done with what you were doing. That was it, real-time protection has now been disabled. From here, you can switch on and off whenever necessary. You will be prompted with a warning message that your computer is vulnerable.
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PC, or maybe you just want to temporarily disable protection, see how to disable Microsoft Defender in Windows 10. Microsoft Defender (formerly Windows Defender) protects your system in real time, so you can protect your PC, but shutting it down can give a small performance boost, you may want to produce maximum performance when playing high-end video games. But sometimes you want to disable Microsoft Defender, for whatever reason, you may have installed any third-party antivirus software that may conflict with Microsoft Defender. If you've seen Microsoft Defender for scanning threats and viruses on your PC, it means that your computer is protected by default, as it is already built into Windows 10. Windows 10 comes with antivirus software pre-installed on your computer to defend against threats.
