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.
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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
Defender Control can no longer disable Windows Defender if the Sept. 2021 anti-malware platform update v4.18.2108.7 is installed.
yup Defender Control can’t stop this new one and I have to find a way to downgrade the Windows Defender anti-malware platform engine to an older version and remove those newest anti-malware platform files off my Win10 computer
Not working(Windows 11 22454.1000)
Defender Control 1.9 has stopped working completely. Even running it as Admin or manually adding it to the exceptions list does not help.
I think a new and better version 2.0 is needed.
Wish you all the best to fix this issue.
Good luck
Defender Control v1.9 stopped disabling on my Windows 10 Version 10.0.19043.1202. It starts up OK, but after selecting the [Disable Windows Defender] button, it pauses and the remains green. It could have been the 9/6/21 Cumulative Update. I don’t think it is a Definition update because the DC app is not attacked by WD, it just doesn’t work.
Good for those who are having problems with this app. You will have to add the Windows Defender exclusions manually, choose "dControl.exe" to PROCESS and FILE, you don’t need to apply FOLDER. For me it resulted in Windows 10 Pro 21H2 and Windows 11.
Please, just find a way to broke Defender protection with minimum error warning notifications… I am ready to use any ‘Live CD’ to destroy the security related files. Can someone tell me suggestion to terminate one two files by deleting or replace with invalid files? :))
note to the Johns, Nah:
did any of you guys updated the windows defender definitions lately?
Defender Control 1.9 is still working on my Win10 LTSC 2019 machine and on my Win10 Pro 20H2 computer – windows defender is still disabled on both of those. maybe I still have those outdated definition/detection files from more than a month ago and not updated to the recent ones
Even after manually adding the complete Defender Control 1.9 folder in the Windows Defender exclusions list this program does not work.
Defender Control v1.9 suddenly stopped working as of today, possibly due to a Microsoft Windows Update.
My Windows 10 version is:
21H1 OS Build 19043.1202
Good luck fixing your Defender Control quickly.
Update needed.
Program says evrytime defender is on.
But it’s deactivated instead.
Something has changed in Windows Defender. Your app doesn’t work anymore neither in Win 10 nor in 11.
It doesn’t work on win10 20H2. I click Disable button but win defender still on and status is green
hiya my defender control is saying real-time protection is off but I can’t fully turn off defender please help
I have Windows 11, and Defender is still completely disabled. There must be differences somewhere.
MalwareBytes 3.7.1 is detecting DControl as malware in location C:/Program Files(x86)/DEFENDERCONTROL/DCONTROL.exe
While it hasn’t detected my portable executable goten from this page of course
we are still trying to find a Method to Auto disable it
looks like the Win11 version of Windows Defender is being more aggressive in re-enabling itself after being disabled
I’ll wait for a new version of Defender Control right around October 2021 when Win11 is officially released to the general public by then