i noticed win defender is turned off. although i have avast anti virus, should i turn it back on?
Windows 10: win defender is turned off 
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New 05 Sep 2017 #1
win defender is turned off
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New 05 Sep 2017 #2
No. Defender is meant to turn its real-time protection off to avoid conflicts if another AV is installed. It can however still do limited periodic scans (which don't cause a problem for the other AV). As far as I am aware (as I don't use any other AV) the default is to do limited periodic scans when you use another AV for the real-time protection.
Turn On or Off Limited Periodic Scanning in Windows 10
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New 05 Sep 2017 #3
good. previously, i had this on while i had norton running.. and didnt see any anomalies. no worries . cheers.No. Defender is meant to turn its real-time protection off to avoid conflicts if another AV is installed
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