If you turn off Real-Time Protection how long before "it turns back on

Layback Bear · 25 Dec 2017

So I'm not misunderstood.

I use a Windows 10 firewall, Windows 10 Defender, Malwarebytes and several on-demand security programs for a reason.
I know I'm not smarter than all the tens of thousands of bad guys. I need the help of my security programs to increase my odds of being safe with my computers.

Me and a billion or so of other users of the internet, use security programs because they are needed, even if they are not 100%.
We all don't keep the security updated and scans done just because we have nothing better to do.
Security programs are a absolute necessity!

Jack

bo elam · 25 Dec 2017

cereberus said:

Absolutely correct. This forum is a strong supporter of giving good advice and I do not care if a couple of newbies here consider they are not getting what they want, giving patronising replies saying they are experts etc. If they want to get or give dumb advice, I can give them links to other (inferior) sites.

Lets keep the standard of this site high for which makes it the best forum in the world.

This subforum in this outstanding forum includes the words System security. That is pretty wide. During the short period of time I being a member, it appears to me that free thinking is allowed, I think it is. But you seem to believe that you can intimidate your way around and curb any discussion or opinion that doesn't have your approval. That is an ugly attitude.

For over a thousand years, free thinkers who claimed earth was round were called dumb and lunatic, they did exactly what you are doing now. If everyone's train of thought was like yours, we would still be riding horses. You have been very rude with me, your arrogance shows lack of respect for other peoples views. I feel sorry for you.

Bo

cereberus · 25 Dec 2017

bo elam said:

This subforum in this outstanding forum includes the words System security. That is pretty wide. During the short period of time I being a member, it appears to me that free thinking is allowed, I think it is. But you seem to believe that you can intimidate your way around and curb any discussion or opinion that doesn't have your approval. That is an ugly attitude.

For over a thousand years, free thinkers who claimed earth was round were called dumb and lunatic, they did exactly what you are doing now. If everyone's train of thought was like yours, we would still be riding horses. You have been very rude with me, your arrogance shows lack of respect for other peoples views. I feel sorry for you.

Bo

Rubbish - bad advice is bad advice - end if story.

fortree · 28 Jun 2020

Al Airone said:

In the Windows Defender Security Center you can turn off Real-Time Protection, but you are told that you can do so only for a short period before it turns back on automatically. How long is that short period? I turned it off and after 50 minutes it was still off. I then powered off the machine, rebooted, and Real-Time Protection was still off. I can't find the length of the "short period" documented anywhere. Anyone else have any experience with this?

Real-time protection is switched on again automatically each time you reboot the computer or when uptime is 6-12h average. If you want to permanently shut down the annoying Real-time protection you have to use Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc) or even sneakier registry tweaks.

I had lots of problems because of that, you can read my thread here:
How to disable/turn off Microsoft Defender