On an iOS device, look for the Microsoft Defender SmartScreen option and toggle the button next to it to disable it. On Android devices, you need to follow one extra step.

SmartScreen is designed to automatically block suspicious files, but it often flags genuine downloads as malicious. Here's how you can disable Windows Defender SmartScreen on Windows 11 to ...

If you want to disable Microsoft Defender SmartScreen checks on downloads from trusted sources, you need to keep it 0. However, if you want to turn this feature on, double-click on it, set the ...

Learn how to enable, turn on, disable, turn off SmartScreen Filter, for links or apps using UI, Group Policy, or Registry Editor Windows 11/10.

How to disable Windows Defender SmartScreen Although not recommended, SmartScreen can be disabled through Windows Defender. If you must completely disable SmartScreen, we recommend re-enabling it ...

Defender Control is a small Portable freeware which will allow you to completely disable Windows Defender in Windows 10 , Windows 8.1 , Windows 8 , Windows 7 , Windows Vista (32 and 64-bit).

Hackers can now easily turn off your Windows Defender program by registering a fake antivirus on your computer. To do that, they use a new tool called Defendnot, recently released by a security ...

Microsoft Security Essentials is available for Windows 7, Vista and XP, but it was replaced by Windows Defender in Windows 8. Like its predecessor, Windows Defender also has an option to turn it ...

A new tool called 'Defendnot' can disable Microsoft Defender on Windows devices by registering a fake antivirus product, even when no real AV is installed.