The vast majority of users of personal computers and laptops know perfectly well what an antivirus program is for. Windows 8.1 has built-in Microsoft Defender Antivirus, but in certain situations it is better to replace it with another program in order to keep your computer protected. For example, such a good reason may be that the antivirus is not updated and regularly appears an error message on microsoft office activator installation. In this situation, disable Defender in Windows 8.1 and install another antivirus.
Disable Windows Defender in Services
Among the various ways to disable Microsoft Defender in order to install another antivirus, the most priority is through Services. Since in this case you can be sure that after rebooting Windows Defender will not turn on automatically. Disabling Defender in Windows 8.1 is easy, and for this you need to do the following:
1. Press the key combination “Windows” + “R” and in the text field of the “Run” dialog box, type the command: services.msc
2. In the “Services” window, find the line “Windows Defender Service” and right-click on it to open the context menu and select “Properties” in it
3. Select the first tab “General settings” in the window, “Startup type” is set to “Automatic” by default, in order to change it you need to click the small arrow on the right and select “Disabled” in the menu
4. To confirm the action, click “OK”.
After rebooting the computer, “Microsoft Defender in Windows 8.1” will be disabled – you can install and use another antivirus, with regular updates, which is very important!
