Since Vista,Microsoft Defender is included with Windows . It’s a small piece of software that runs in the background to help protect ,your computer from malware (malicious software) like viruses, spyware, and other potentially unwanted software. Some spyware protection is better than none, and it’s built in and free! But… if you are already running something that provides great anti-malware protection, defender will probably wasting precious resources , there’s no need to have more than one application running at a time.
The problem with all Defender versions in Windows Vista and above is it’s integrated into the operating system and installs by default with no visible or hidden option to uninstall. Many people are looking for ways to disable or remove it from their system as they prefer to use other software , for example on Windows 8 and 10 you cannot turn off Microsoft Defender completely anymore , A click on Settings in Microsoft Defender opens the control panel for the program in the new Windows Settings application. You can turn the program’s real-time protection off temporarily, but if it’s off for a while Windows will turn it back on automatically. It is unclear why Microsoft made the decision to change the behavior of Microsoft Defender in this regard. What is certain however is that it will annoy users who want to disable it permanently on the computer they are working on. Defender Control is a small Portable freeware which will allow you to disable Microsoft Defenderr in Windows 10 completely.
Defender Control v2.1 – What’s New – (Tuesday, March 1, 2022)
1. [Added] – Different blocking method
2. [Added] – Some code improvements
Why should you use it :
1. During copying big data from Pc to Usb or vice versa , disabling defender can decrease the Total Copy time
2. Users may experiencing conflicts between Defender and their antivirus application
3. Some antivirus programs ask the user to manually turn off or disable Microsoft Defender in Windows 10 …
4. If you’ve got it enabled, chances are Microsoft Defender will start each time you boot your PC . If you’re short on resources, have your own methods of dealing with spyware or have simply come to the conclusion that Microsoft Defender is not for you then you might want to disable it.
How to use Defender control:
Download Defender control and unzip it then run the program , Our recommendation is please use the “Add it to the exclusion list” feature (Under the menu) after running the software first time , So you won’t be affected by possible false alerts. When you use this feature, a shortcut will be created on the desktop.Excluded defender control path is “C:\Program Files (x86)\DefenderControl\dControl.exe”
you can see your Microsoft Defender status on the Program interface :
1. Green – Microsoft Defender is running
2. Red – Microsoft Defender is turned off
3. Orange – Entweder Microsoft Defender can not be started oder Real-Time protection is turned off
To Disable – Enable Microsoft Defender please click the appropriate button , you can also Launch Microsoft Defender or Microsoft Defender settings (Under the menu button) with one click.
NOTE 1 : If you cannot enable “Windows Defender” after disabling it with “Defender Control”, please use “Enable windows defender” button and restart the system then wait a few minutes for Windows Defender to be automatically activated after the system is turned.
NOTE 2 : If Microsoft Defender “Tamper Protection” is turned on , Defender Control requires the TrustedInstaller service to bypass protection and turn off the defender. Therefore If there is a problem with the TrustedInstaller service, sometimes program may need to wait 3-5 second to turn Microsoft Defender on or Off .
NOTE 3 : Defender control , shuts down the defender ,Therefore ; There may be false positives on Virustotal.If you use the program continuously please use Menu – “Add it to the Exclusion List” feature to add “Defender control” to white list.
Supported languages: English , Turkish , German , Russian , French , Korean , Chinese (Traditional) , Chinese (Simplified) , Italian , Slovenian , Japanese , Polish , Bulgarian , Spanish , Arabic , Czech , Thai , Hungarian , Swedish , Greek , Portuguese , Portuguese (Brazilian) , Hebrew , Vietnamese , Persian , Romanian , Thai , Finnish , Dutch (Nederlands), Ukrainian , Dutch (Dutch), Serbian , Estonian , Azerbaijani , Lithuanian , Uzbek , Tajik , Latvian , Lithuanian , Abkhazian , Romanian , Turkmen , Georgian , Indonesian , Latvian , Indonesian , Polish
Supported Operating Systems: Windows 11 , Windows 10 , Windows 8.1 , Windows 8 , Windows 7 , Windows Vista (32 and 64-bit).
This file is Encrypted because “Defender Control” Software may cause false alerts in VirusTotal
Password : sordum
Updated : Tuesday, March 1, 2022
File: dControl.exe
MD5 : 58008524a6473bdf86c1040a9a9e39c3
SHA1: cb704d2e8df80fd3500a5b817966dc262d80ddb8
SHA256: 1ef6c1a4dfdc39b63bfe650ca81ab89510de6c0d3d7c608ac5be80033e559326
In latest DEV version of Windows (21390) Defender Control 1.9 successfully disabling Defender, even set WinDefend service to manual launch, but at each start system switching back WinDefend to automatic start and launch it
You can use following one
Web Link …
Please could you add the option to add "Exclude" menu option to the Right-Click/Context menu of any file or folder?
Do you have disabled application for Microsoft Security Essentials?
"FYI, in my Windows 10 20H2, last update: May 11, 2021—KB5003173 (OS Builds 19041.985 and 19042.985), DefenderDisable 1.8 blocked vy Defender. Reinstalled ver 1.6.
Possible cause?"
@Andreas – the KB5003173 and higher updates for Win10 v2004/20H2/21H1 enhance/improve "tamper protection" for defender, that’s why
Password : sordum
defender control used to be a good piece if software but no more. Now it needs a password and where do you get that from? Doesn’t work anymore.
@Mike thank you so much!!! I LOVE U
dControl.exe can be run from multiple different locations and the relevant option can be used to add to the exclusions list. It can also be extracted from the zip file to the temp folder and added to the exclusion list.In order to avoid confusion in the exclusion list, we have provided the option to specify a fixed location.
If you want to add from a different location,just use the corresponding option .
Excluded defender control path is “C:\Program Files (x86)\DefenderControl\dControl.exe”
Why not use the location of dControl.exe, whatever that is. The user might want to install to some other directory.
I’ve suggested this before : please append version number to the zip files ,
e.g. dControl_v1.9.zip
Thanks for another great update and for always being on top of any Defender issues, your efforts are always very much appreciated.
@anuj : Password is sordum
@hellodude
You may be experiencing the error because hControl.exe is not found. Try the following batch file example.
@Echo Off
CD /D %~dp0\
dControl.exe /D
What is the password of it?
@jacky : Tested there is no such Problem , what is your Operating system ?
@Volkan : Because of the False positives
i forgot to say that i also run cmd as an administrator
why cmd doesnt work when i do says
‘dControl.exe’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
i did dControl.exe /D
in CMD
any help?