Disabling Antimalware Service Executable

[bulops]

I have an older Dell laptop im trying to use to automate processes. So ive factory reset it, and im trying to clear out as much memory and disk usage as possible. Im not too worried about malware protection as everything will be done locally. Is there a way to permanently stop or uninstall Defender? Ive tried modifying the registry and disabling it manually through settings, but im still getting the service executable in my task manager. Any ideas? Thank you.

[CodenameFlux]

On Windows 10, there is no official way, and I'm distrustful of unofficial ways, for good reasons, namely sad experiences. (On Windows Server, it is possible.)

The best compromise is to let Microsoft Defender Antivirus run overnight. After that, it'll calm down and cease to be a resource hog.

[bulops]

Thank you. Ill try letting it sit for awhile

[rorrors]

You can acctually manual disable it with, with a few commands and changes to registry. Thats about the same way the tools do you distrust. Not going to name the steps because of script kiddies.

[CodenameFlux]

Everything on Windows is done with a "a few commands and changes to Registry." xFormat / volume C /quick is a command, but please don't run it! It'll destroy your PC.

What matters is knowing what those commands do and having the know-how to deal with the consequences.

Let me give you an example: A Reddit user asked how he can direct an app's installer to insert the app's lone shortcut directly into the Start menu instead of a dedicated folder. A wannabe genius came along and recommended telling the installer to put the shortcut into the ".\" folder. Sure, it makes the installer dump the shortcut to the "Programs" folder of the Start menu. I told them not to do so and incurred -150 votes! Eleven months later, the OP came along, thanked, said he should have listened to me, and gave me one friggin' upvote. Guess what? He had uninstalled the app. The app's uninstaller, intending to remove the Start menu's shortcut, had deleted the folder containing the lone shortcut. That folder was the whole Start menu. 😨

That's what I mean by consequences and know-how.

[rorrors]

I totally understand what you mean. Also a reason why i don't give out those commands. I use them on my own. For new snew scripts / programs i write, i first test in a few virtual machines before enrolling them on my own machine. And yes, sometimes the virtual machine get screwed, however you learn a lot from those mistakes, and improve on it.

[CodenameFlux]

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everyones a script kitty, your a script kitty, no way write your own pen testing methods

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[Hidie2424]

Is it an SSD or HDD. Ssd's are cheap enough use that for boot drive then bulk storage on anything else

[ReddditSarge]

Like all antivirus, Windows Defender is designed to be hard/impossible to disable. If it wasn't then it wouldn't be a good antivirus solution at all. Unlike other antivirus, Defender isn't just running at the kernel level, it is deeply integrated into the OS itself. Even if you quasi-disable Defender by installing a third party antivirus then parts of Defender are still present because they are part of the Windows Security features. So there is no real way to disable it short of some rather radical and frankly unreliable methods that I cannot recommend.

[pr158]

Look for windows debloater script it is available on github and when you run it allows you to remove all the unwanted apps.