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Malwarebytes disables Windows Defender in Windows 10 version 1903
Though Malwarebytes is a replacement to Antivirus, it does play nice with antivirus installed on Windows and works along with it without any issues. When you install Malwarebytes, it doesn’t register itself as antivirus, now... More of this article »
Microsoft Security Essentials and Windows Defender (Windows 7,8, 8.1) turned off with 0x800106ba
Windows 7, 8 and Windows 8.1 users using built-in antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials and Windows Defender are in trouble today as both on affected systems reporting real-time protection turned off and virus definitions are out... More of this article »
Windows Defender detects IDM Chrome Extension (IDMGCExt) Virus
If the Internet Download Manager (IDM) is not downloading files in Chrome, you’ll visit Chrome://extensions page to see IDM extension status, as of today, on Windows 10, you’ll see ‘This extension may have been corrupted‘... More of this article »
How to avoid Malwarebytes Conflicts with Antivirus in Windows 10
Malwarebytes is no longer an anti-malware product, it’s a complete security package or replacement for the antivirus now. That’s why when earlier versions of Malwarebytes 3.0 premium released, Malwarebytes registers itself... More of this article »
Windows Defender Hub App for Windows 10 available on Store
Launching Windows Defender is quite a difficult task for users of Windows 10 as Windows doesn’t show it’s icon on the desktop or in the start menu. There are other ways to open the built-in antivirus though: click on Windows... More of this article »
How to download Windows Defender definition Updates manually in Windows 10?
FYI, Windows Update will automatically download and install Windows Defender definition updates once per day, if you want to download and install the antimalware and antispyware updates manually for the same in Windows 10 to deal with... More of this article »
How to disable Windows Defender Notification Icon in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update?
Starting from Windows 8 and to last previous Windows 10 version 1511, Windows Defender icon won’t be shown automatically on startup in the system tray unless you manually run it, that’s the default behavior because it... More of this article »
Make Windows Defender in Windows 10 to block Adware
One more reason to stick with Windows Defender is it now detect and blocks adware as well, you need to turn on PUA Protection in Windows for that. Microsoft Antivirus, which is available with the name Windows Defender in Windows 8... More of this article »
Windows 10 Threshold 2: Remove Scan with Windows Defender Context Menu Entry
Threshold 2 aka November Update has been delivered to Windows 10 users, if you’ve installed this update, you’ll notice the back of Scan with Windows defender Context menu option. When you install 3rd party antivirus, this... More of this article »
Windows 10 November Update adds ‘Scan with Windows Defender’ Context Menu Option
Recent Windows 10 November Update (Threshold 2) has added ‘Scan With Windows Defender’ option to right click menu. When Windows 10 was launched on July 29, this year, ‘Scan with Windows Defender‘ context menu... More of this article »
Windows 10: Disable Windows Defender’s Message ‘This App has been turned off and isn’t monitoring…’
Recently we’ve covered how to disable Windows Defender’s PC Status potentially unprotected warning, now it’s time to fix another one. When you’ve installed another antivirus on Windows 10, Windows Defender alerts... More of this article »
Fix Windows 10’s "PC status: Potentially unprotected" Warning
On Windows 10, if you’ve ran CCleaner, then you’ll notice an icon in the notification area alerting you on hover over with a message: ‘PC status: Potentially unprotected’, when you click on it, Windows Defender... More of this article »
How to Disable or Turn off Windows Defender in Windows 8
There is no MSE in Windows 8, it is not compatible in Windows 8 that’s why Microsoft merged MSE with Windows Defender. Now Windows Defender offers same malware protection as that of Microsoft Security Essentials. If you want to install... More of this article »