Nodefender Windows 10
Simone Whitmeyer
I just want to disable windows defender. No registry editing or group policy editing have worked for me in the last year, and I'm tired of trying old tricks. I just don't want to see the damned thing in my task manager anymore destroying my memory usage and I'm willing to nearly brick my PC at this point to be rid of it. Not sure what has happened to computer freedom and please excuse the conspiracy theorist in me believing its some form of spyware but it's insane to me that disabling it isn't as easy as clicking "disable". I'll even use sketchy third party software at this point or do anything short of slamming my laptop against the wall just to not have my measly 8GB of ram devoured by this process. Also I'm sorry if there is a million threads already open all this but I'm pretty sure Microsoft has buried them because all I ever come across is people saying to edit policies and such. Thanks, in advance.
Microsoft Defender has often been subjected to criticisms related to privacy concerns, performance issues, intrusive behavior in recent versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems. Microsoft Defender features cloud file analysis and file submission under Microsoft Spynet Membership which eventually became Microsoft Advanced Protection Service (MAPS) when opted in with basic or advanced membership collects user data and sends to Microsoft which arises privacy concerns among users.[76][77] The cloud integration of Microsoft Defender also rose concerns among privacy advocates. The MsmpEngine of Microsoft Defender in recent versions of Windows was found to be using high amounts of system resources, especially CPU Resources when Real-time protection and scheduled scan is configured to be turned on.[78] This issue is more apparent in PCs with Intel CPUs.[79] Microsoft defender is configured by default to take up 50% of the system's CPU resources available by default, although this can be configured using Group Policy Editor along with limiting the process of MsmpEngine to use a Low Priority Process during a Realtime Scan and customizing scheduled scans.[80][81] Recent Windows Versions also deeply integrated Microsoft Defender with the operating system using mechanisms like Early Boot Anti-Malware, Tamper Protection, etc, making it almost impossible to remove or uninstall. Although these are useful to prevent malware from disabling or removing the antivirus itself, it lead to users' frustration who utilize and seek 3rd party alternatives.[82][83][84][85] Microsoft Defender was also found to annoy users with intrusive behavior as well. It was found to nag users to setup a Microsoft account with windows and also was found to do the similar thing with Onedrive as well.[86][87][88] In late-July 2020, Microsoft Defender began to classify modifications of the hosts file that blocks Microsoft telemetry and data collection servers as being a severe security risk.[89][90]
Have you tried to open the F-secure safe manually by double clicking the F-secure icon? Is your F-secure Safe product working? if yes, you can try disabling the windows defender service by following the steps from this article and to enabling the F-secure safe product as default anti-virus.
The Hyper-V interface is a GUI. It's not a desktop analog like Windows, but it's still a graphic interface. It has all the same underlying code and drivers that Windows Server does. That's why you see graphic windows, can install Chrome, and so on. The meme that it's more secure because you don't have a desktop is not supported by fact. It also has all the same attack vectors that would be used on Windows Server - RDP, SMB, WMI, the same TCP/IP stack, and so on.
The Hyper-V interface is a GUI. It's not a desktop analog like Windows, but it's still a graphic interface. It has all the same underlying code and drivers that Windows Server does. That's why you see graphic windows, can install Chrome, and so on.
dont bother. the performance difference is neglible, you can set whatever MS calls 'do not disturb' these days on to block any notifications from making sounds, you can disable any notifications you dont want, and completely culling something integrated so deeply into windows may actually be a source for more problems.
if you're so absolutely obsessed by not having defender there, you should just not have windows 10/11 (desktop versions). i'm sorry to bust your bubble, but you're gonna break so much other shit trying to skin defender, that you're actually just creating a problem in the long run. your solution is to learn to deal with defender, use some sort of embedded or server flavour that doesnt have defender, or run either linux or mac (but on the mac side, you can be assured there's something similar to defender running too).
there's airgapped systems in the medical space where defender is sitting just fine, with critical medical equipment that literally cant have a second of unexpected downtime. if they can deal with and you cant, that's a you problem. i know the audio space is SUPER stuck-up about the whole antivirus thing, but i've yet to see any decent reason why. it appears to be based on a time when AV actually had a performance impact, but these days then you should also remove literally half of windows features 'because having a taskbar takes up resources'...
i have to assume since you're so stuck up about defender you've also disabled the desktop wallpaper, culled windows update, disabled unnecessary device drivers, disabled windows search, culled OneDrive, and disabled the print spooler?
Fun point modern day windows will not work with 2004 and before ATI cards either because the ATI drivers for those cards were not vista compatible.
Mainline Linux kernel has a lot of drivers built in.
Windows new hardware can be a better time unless of course the machine is particularly made for Linux. Windows on a pinebook pro and lots of other hardware particularly made for Linux either does not work or is really big trouble. Current Microsoft support editions on Windows on old hardware as you found is path to hell. Yet you always have people like bassbeast turning up saying older hardware Windows is good. The reality older hardware current windows is more often than not failure. Linux not 100 percent on older hardware but way more likely to work.
Dell and many vendors sell machines with Windows on that are certified to run Linux of course running Linux on one of those machines is quite simple. Of course Dell and many vendors sells machines with Windows on that are only certified to run windows putting Linux on those is luck of the draw might 100 percent right or work with issues. Then you have the system76 machines certified only for Linux luck of the draw here Windows might work or work with issues and quite commonly not at all.
Linux is absolutely not the answer for everyone or everything but neither is windows. Reality is both Windows and Linux are lacking hardware support its more a question is the lacking hardware support going to directly effect you. Question when installing OS on computer hardware you need to work out is this OS on this bit of hardware in fact supported if not you are in for trouble of some form as noted above some of the issue might not be noticed straight way.
I have a duel boot computer with Zorin
I started Zorin and deleted windows defender folders in Program files, Program files x86 & Program data. (be sure to open Microsoft folders and delete defender folders there)
I am having issues turning on windows defender. I read the article titled: "KMSpico Installed, problem with windows 10" and saw that the user had the same issue. I followed the following steps and pasted scan results.
I've attached the information you've asked below. I am having difficulties opening windows store and windows defender. I've tried a lot of things including typing some logs in powershell etc. I've found a solution long ago about fixing windows store, but that solution required to run windows defender first. I could not turn on defender. I really need help. Thank you for your interest.
3) I downloaded and started Windows 10 Installation Media and followed the steps, unfortunately 5 hours later it was still 0% downloading iso file. I restarted computer and tried several times but nothing changed. Then I found a windows 10 x64 iso file which is compatible with my computer. I downloaded Daemon Tools then mount the windows.iso file and reached install.esd file and pasted it in c:\iso folder. Then unmount windows.iso. Then started cmd as administrator and pasted "Dism /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:c:\iso\install.esd" and this appeared:
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