How to Disable Microsoft Defender Real-time Antivirus Protection Step 1: Locate the Windows Security application by clicking on the Start button.

Disable Microsoft Defender Antivirus Temporarily If you want to install or run a program on your system or modify some of its settings, you’ll need to pause real-time protection briefly.

The Antimalware Service Executable process represents the Real-time protection of Windows Security. If you want to disable this process permanently, you need to disable the Real-time protection.

If you want to enable or disable Dev Drive Protection in Windows 11 using Windows Security and Registry Editor, check this guide.

In this guide, we'll show you the steps to disable (or enable) the Tamper Protection feature to allow changes to the Windows Security app on Windows 11.

Click the "Real-time Protection" option and check the "Turn on real-time protection" box in the right side of the panel.