Windows Defender Security Centre

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November 11, 2017 at 11:21 am #13404
Boris
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I have had 3 people recently asking me why they get an open Windows Defender Security Centre window (as below) popping up every boot since the latest Fall Creators Update.

I don’t get it myself – does anyone know how you can get it to stop appearing ? Obviously you can manually close it, but it is an irritant.

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November 11, 2017 at 12:20 pm #13409
Bob Williams
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Looking at that Boris, if it is doing a Proper Job, it represents an attraction to 10 for me, which has not happened before.

Question is, is it any good? Does it do a Proper Job, will it save me buying another IS/AV programme? As you say, it is easily closed.

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November 11, 2017 at 12:51 pm #13410
Ed P
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If it still irritates try following the procedures to turn off notifications.

Link

Afraid I cannot test Windows Defender as I use Kaspersky.
November 11, 2017 at 2:47 pm #13412
The Duke
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Defender works fine. I’ve used it it solely on all my machines for about 8 years.

I don’t get that pop up or haven’t noticed. But I never turn my machines of. I just let them fall asleep.
November 11, 2017 at 5:12 pm #13414
Boris
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Ed P wrote:

If it still irritates try following the procedures to turn off notifications. Link Afraid I cannot test Windows Defender as I use Kaspersky.

I also use Kaspersky or BitDefender so can’t test this.

But I am informed by Ray, who is testing this for me that even turning off all notifications doesn’t stop it appearing ?

Any more ideas ?

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November 13, 2017 at 7:16 pm #13440
Boris
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So no ideas then ?

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November 13, 2017 at 7:28 pm #13443
Richard
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It does not do that on my system, are you setting it to load, or to run in the background?

On my system it sits as a hidden icon unless I open it when it goes all stupid and asks me to enlist all the other devices I don’t have….
November 14, 2017 at 10:22 am #13459
Boris
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He hasn’t set it to do anything, it has been this way since the Fall Creator’s Update arrived.

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November 14, 2017 at 2:12 pm #13462
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Fall Creator’s update alters some of the ‘personal’ settings that have been made. It ‘sort-off’ warns you about changes but the warning is easily missed or skipped over. Where the update makes changes it will apply new defaults unless these have otherwise been deselected. I suspect that this is what happened to your friend. Maybe he needs to check through the Defender options panels.

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November 15, 2017 at 3:34 pm #13514
Boris
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Success ?…… I eventually worked out how to turn it off for them.

Ctrl + Alt + Delete,

Task Manager.

Start-up.

Click the Windows Defender User Interface icon and set it to Disabled

This only shows if you use Windows Defender rather than an alternative A/V product.

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