[Software] 3 reasons to turn off Windows Defender completely (and 2 not to)

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Windows Defender is the native antivirus that Microsoft offers completely free of charge in Windows 10 and Windows 11, an antivirus that is regularly updated to detect any type of software that wants to run wild on the computer. However, there are many users who ignore it and prefer to use third-party antivirus solutions.

Also, due to its system-wide integration, it is not always the best option in certain circumstances due to the tight control it has over the entire system. If you are contemplating the possibility of deactivating Windows Defender (it cannot be uninstalled), then we show you different reasons both to carry out this action and not to do so.

• Install other antivirus. If we install an antivirus in Windows, first of all, the first thing we must do is deactivate Windows Defender. Installing another antivirus that works as a complement to Windows Defender is not a good idea, since both antiviruses will fight to analyze all the files that we download from the Internet, the web pages that we visit and, in general, analyze our computer in real time in search of threats. , seriously affecting the performance of our PC.
• Problems with old applications. Many are the old applications that, since they have not been updated for a long time, are not signed by authorized developers known by Microsoft, so the system natively detects that the application is not signed and automatically blocks its download, a process that we can easily reverse it by accessing the message it shows us.
• Improve privacy. Any antivirus is designed to protect our PC against any type of threat, not to guarantee our privacy. If we want our computer to be protected at all times, we must give it the necessary access permissions to do so. This reason can be applied to both Windows Defender and the rest of the antivirus that we have at our disposal.

 

Worth?
Windows Defender is the native antivirus of Windows, which is an advantage in terms of performance that we will not find in any other program, especially on older computers where system performance is essential to offer the best possible user experience, a very important factor that may be more than enough to assess or not disable Defender in Windows.

In addition, its operation is linked to the Windows firewall, another native Windows tool that works hand in hand with Defender. If we install a third-party application, the control of the firewall in Windows passes through the hands of the antivirus that we install, so, once again, on old computers, a performance drop will be noticed that will greatly impair the user experience.

 

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