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.

None of this is to say that Windows Defender is terrible. As a last-ditch defense, it's better than nothing, which is what many people had before Windows 8 was introduced.

Windows Defender Security Center shows all its categories on the main screen, as well as in a lefthand menu. Instead of three tabs at the top, the new Defender has an icon-based menu on the left side.

Instead, it sits in a Windows system called a “dynamic-link library,” and Windows Defender only loads it when needed. Once the driver is done working, it gets wiped from the disk again.

Windows Defender has been around for some time in its current form, but that's about to change. It will soon become a Windows app. As you may have heard by now, Microsoft’s recent Windows 10 ...

Unfortunately, Windows Defender is setting the counters to mode 2 at random intervals for random durations of time. This can occur while a PC is booting up or at any point afterward.

Windows Defender Antivirus offers four different types of scans that can be used in different cases. These scans include Quick Scan, Full Scan, Custom Scan, and Offline Scan.

Windows Defender with sandbox support rolled out to Windows insiders, but some Windows 10 users can enable it right now. Written by Catalin Cimpanu, Contributor Oct. 26, 2018 at 12:23 p.m. PT ...

Windows 10 and your PC will now restart and boot into the Windows Recovery Environment where it will perform a quick scan using Windows Defender. This process will take up to 15 minutes to finish.