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nikbackm on Sept 14, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Windows for Linux Nerds

Regarding the last point.

Windows Defender will normally be active by default on Windows 10 unless you go out of your way to turn it off.

hypervis0r on Sept 14, 2017 [–]

It's not like editing a value in the registry is "going out of your way", it's almost standard Windows practice by now.

joombaga on Sept 14, 2017 | [–]

Literally two commands in an elevated command prompt

    sc config WinDefend start= disabled
    sc stop WinDefend

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