Windows Defender does not contain any antivirus functionality, so you will not need to uninstall or disable Microsoft Windows Defender when installing your ESET product.

Windows Vista/7: All ESET products are completely compatible with Microsoft Windows Defender.

Windows 8: If you receive a 'Detection of installed security software' notification while installing ESET on Windows 8, disable Windows Defender before you continue the installation process.

No further action is required by ESET users.

Windows 10: By default, Windows Defender Antivirus is disabled (turned off) with a compatible version of ESET installed on the system.We recommend that you disable Windows Defender to continue using ESET without receiving notifications.

See our Knowledgebase article for details about Windows Defender behavior. You are not required to disable ESET to use Windows 10. The file will now be excluded from all future Windows Defender scans.You are not required to remove ESET on Windows 10ĭepending on your version of Windows 10, you may receive a notification from Windows suggesting that you disable ESET.In the address bar of the File Explorer window, paste the path you had copied earlier (CTRL + V).Click on Add an exclusion then click on File.Scroll down until you find Exclusions and then click on Add or remove exclusions.Click on Virus & threat protection and subsequently click on Manage settings.In the Start menu search bar, enter 'Windows Security' and open the app.In the address bar located at the top in Windows Explorer, copy the file path (CTRL + C).Right-click it and select Open file location. Under the Processes tab look for Antimalware Service Executable.This will temporality disable Windows Defender. Set the Real-time protection toggle to the Off position. Under the Virus & threat protection heading, click Manage settings. In the new window that opens, click Virus & threat protection. Press CTRL + Shift + ESC to launch the Task Manager. Type Windows Security and click the option under Best match.This can be done by following these steps: Users can prevent this by adding the Antimalware Service Executable to Windows Defender's exclusion list.

This includes itself which may result in some problems-most commonly sluggish system performance. When performing a full system scan, Windows Defender goes through every single file on your system. Add Windows Defender to its Own Exclusion List

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