I got KIS, why does Windows Defender come up?

[Mark]

I just recently installed KIS. Before, I had NIS and windows defender didnt run (well, it didnt show in the task bar).

Now I have KIS, it runs? Surely I dont need it to run cos I got KIS?

Also, how do I turn it off because I dont like my task bar to get cluttered

[bivas600]

its very good that u got a kiss.

[dredge]

if you want to disable windows defender real time protection, just go to control panel,click on windows defender,then click option. you will find a lot of option under 'real time protection'.just untick the real time protection. That's all. If you want to stop KIS real time protection, just pause the protection permanently. you can't disable KIS's avp service or prevent it from runs at startup automatically,if not, your KIS won't run yet the icon will still appear(in grey colour).

[optimus prime]

in windows defender,go to "tools"...then,click "options"...in that window,uncheck "use windows defender" under administrator options....kkkk

[luffy]

in windows defender,go to "tools"...then,click "options"...in that window,uncheck "use windows defender" under administrator options....kkkk

He said it shows up in task bar.

@Mark, I did try to use msconfig to disable it. When I reboot the computer, the WD error shows up. Guess, we can't disable WD using msconfig.

[noaccount]

optimus prime is right luffy, here's a small tutorial
http://www.vista4beginners.com/How-t...ndows-Defender

in the end, to make sure it won't run/update (it conflicts with some AV, i've seen it disabling Avira guard and resident firewall on startup) go to run>services.msc, look for Windows Defender service and change startup type to disabled.

[safeguy]

Dude....Windows Defender is not that bad you know after all....there was once Avira missed something that was malicious (I'm pretty sure it was) but Windows Defender "came to the rescue"....since then I just thought of leaving that alone (previously I wanted to remove it from my start-up like you)

[hellnoire]

Windows Defender has also made short work of a trojan I had once.

You can just hide it from your taskbar:

Right click an empty space on the taskbar. Now click, Properties, Taskbar, Customize, and look under Current Items, click under Behavior an item you wish to hide. You will then have the option to change how this icon appears by clicking the V and looking at the options.

[noaccount]

i have no idea what issues exist between defender and kis or nis... with avira however i've seen the more weired things appening... it was actually avira support forum that first recommended me to shut it down, some time ago they even nagged you with that... are you sure it's disabled?... really, what did you do?... plz post hijacthis log... i never needed it anyway...

[Mark]

Thanks guys. I wont disable it, but instead hide it