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The above answer would only disable the real-time monitoring part of Windows Defender. If you want to disable the service entirely, go here HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WinDefend
and change the value of Start
to 4
. This will disable the service, while changing the value to 3 will change it to manual start. I hope you are aware of the risks involved in disabling it.