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How to: Turn Windows Defender Antivirus Real-time Protection on or off?

Updated: May 19, 2023



Windows Defender is an anti-malware engine that is included in the latest versions of the operating system to protect the device against potential threats such as viruses, malware, ransomware, and more. Usually, it protects the system from all kinds of threats, but you’d want to keep the real-time protection of windows defender on.


So, you’d need to know about the settings to turn on real-time protection. To turn on windows defender real-time protection, you must follow these steps.

  • First, you need to open the Windows defender app from the settings or by typing windows security on the search.

  • Then, click on the Virus and Threat protection option in the window.

  • Now, you need to click on the Virus and threat protection setting option.

  • Now, you can turn on or off the real-time protection with the toggle switch.


Once you’ve completed the steps, the system will be protected from all kinds of threats.


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