Microsoft Defender Antivirus is now enabled.

If available, click the click here to turn it on link in that pop-up message. You should see a pop-up message stating the program is turned off.On the Options screen, in the left navigation pane, click Administrator.On the Tools and Settings screen, click Options.Click the Tools option in the top menu.Microsoft Defender Antivirus is enabled by default, so there is no need to manually enable it unless it was previously disabled. How do I enable or disable Microsoft Defender Antivirus?

In fact, we recommend everyone also use a good anti-malware and anti-exploit app like MalwareBytes in addition to antivirus-it’ll help protect you from against exploits and vulnerabilities that antivirus apps don’t cover, which are arguably more prevalent on the web today.If you have another antivirus program installed on your computer, like AVG, McAfee, or Webroot, Microsoft Defender Antivirus is disabled to prevent conflicts with the antivirus program. If you really hate antivirus, Windows Defender is the least intrusive program you can use-so you should probably leave it on. Many people will tell you that you can go without antivirus if you’re careful, and that just isn’t true. While it’s handy being able to enable and disable Windows Defender, please do make sure that you’re still running a good antivirus app. RELATED: Do I Really Need Antivirus If I Browse Carefully and Use Common Sense? Make Sure You’re Still Using Antivirus (and Anti-Malware)

Plus, Defender takes up very little disk space and there are better ways to free up disk space on Windows. Second, if you stop the service-or go through the process of uninstalling it-any Windows update is likely to restore Windows Defender and undo all that work anyway.

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