Manage your real-time protection. Want to stop running real-time protection for a short while? You can use the Real-time protection setting to turn it off temporarily; however, real-time protection will turn back on automatically after a short while to resume protecting your device.
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Option One: Turn Off Real-time Protection for Microsoft Defender Antivirus in Windows Security. Option Two: Turn On Real-time Protection for Microsoft Defender Antivirus in Windows Security. Option Three: Turn On or Off Real-time Protection for Microsoft Defender Antivirus in PowerShell.
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Always-on protection consists of real-time protection, behavior monitoring, and heuristics to identify malware based on known suspicious and malicious activities.
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Windows Security uses real-time protection to scan everything you download or run on your PC. Windows Update downloads updates for Windows Security automatically to help keep your PC safe and protect it from threats. If you have an earlier version of Windows and are using Microsoft Security Essentials, it’s a good idea to move to Windows Security.
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Turn Microsoft Defender Antivirus real-time protection on or off. Sometimes you may need to briefly stop running real-time protection. While real-time protection is off, files you open or download won't be scanned for threats. However, real-time protection will soon turn on automatically again to protect your device.
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In short, real-time protection serves as a proactive defense layer against constantly evolving cyber threats. Having this layer improves your cybersecurity and gives you peace of mind in this increasingly digital world.
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By default, Windows 10's built-in antivirus program called Microsoft Defender scans your PC for threats in real-time. Sometimes, you might want to turn it off---either temporarily or if you are using your own antivirus solution. Here's how.
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Option One: Turn On or Off Real-time Protection for Microsoft Defender Antivirus in Windows Security; Option Two: Turn On or Off Real-time Protection for Microsoft Defender Antivirus using Command; Option Three: Enable or Disable Real-time Protection for Microsoft Defender Antivirus in Local Group Policy Editor
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Microsoft Defender's real-time anti-malware protection runs whenever your device is on, keeping an eye out for malicious activity. Microsoft Defender will also run quick scans of your device on a daily basis, in case anything manages to elude the real-time protection.
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Windows Security and Windows Defender protect your computer in real-time from viruses, ransomware, and more. There are times that you need to disable Defender, usually, because of a blocked file or website you know is safe.
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