Can't Disable Defender

crimson

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I found 2 services related to Defender.
-Windows Defender
-Windows Defender Network

When I open the properties, all the options are blanked out.
 

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    Microsoft Surface Pro 3
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    i5-4300U
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    4 GB
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    Intel HD 4000
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    Antivirus
    Avast, Malwarebytes, Online Armor

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Ya I already did that. I was trying to disable it in the services. There's no way to turn it on or off. I'll try to see what will happen if I turn it back on.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro 64
    Computer type
    Tablet
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Microsoft Surface Pro 3
    CPU
    i5-4300U
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD 4000
    Monitor(s) Displays
    3 x 2
    Screen Resolution
    2160 x 1440
    Hard Drives
    128 GB SSD
    Keyboard
    Rip-off type cover
    Antivirus
    Avast, Malwarebytes, Online Armor
You can do it only through registry. I already posted it, but someone removed it? So here is an image only.
Go to the corner and choose - Run - regedit - find the 2 paths in the picture and change Start - dword to 4.
 

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    AMD A4-3300M @ 2,0GHz
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    6GB DDR3 1333MHz
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    No AV & No Firewall
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Thanks, but it didn't work. The default values for both of those were 3. I changed them to 4. I restarted. I checked the Services, and it was the same thing as the image I posted at the top. The values are still set to 4.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro 64
    Computer type
    Tablet
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Microsoft Surface Pro 3
    CPU
    i5-4300U
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD 4000
    Monitor(s) Displays
    3 x 2
    Screen Resolution
    2160 x 1440
    Hard Drives
    128 GB SSD
    Keyboard
    Rip-off type cover
    Antivirus
    Avast, Malwarebytes, Online Armor
Run the sfc /scannow command, you may get your controls back if you had corrupt system files.
 

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    windows 8.1 Update 1 Pro 64bit
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    8 GB
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    NIVDIA GeForce GT 520
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    Realtek ALC656GR CODEC
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    Samsung SyncMaster S22B350
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    1920X1080 32 bit color
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    Samsung 850 EVO SSD 500GB
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    Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013
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    Logitech M510
There's no corrupt files.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro 64
    Computer type
    Tablet
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Microsoft Surface Pro 3
    CPU
    i5-4300U
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD 4000
    Monitor(s) Displays
    3 x 2
    Screen Resolution
    2160 x 1440
    Hard Drives
    128 GB SSD
    Keyboard
    Rip-off type cover
    Antivirus
    Avast, Malwarebytes, Online Armor
Uninstall Avast and Online Armor, one of them could be interfering with the controls. I would say that Online Armor may be the culprit.
 

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  • OS
    windows 8.1 Update 1 Pro 64bit
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Pavillion H8-1202
    CPU
    I7-2600 @ 3.4 GHz
    Motherboard
    PEGATRON
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NIVDIA GeForce GT 520
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC656GR CODEC
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster S22B350
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080 32 bit color
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 850 EVO SSD 500GB
    Keyboard
    Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013
    Mouse
    Logitech M510
OK. I've been thinking about getting rid of Avast. But I need a firewall to block applications from accessing the internet. Like MS Word or any Adobe will try to access the internet for everything even though I'm doing a completely offline project. If I'm writing a grocery list in Word or editing an image in Photoshop, why the hell are they trying to access the Internet? And Windows Firewall won't block anything from Microsoft, so it's useless.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro 64
    Computer type
    Tablet
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Microsoft Surface Pro 3
    CPU
    i5-4300U
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD 4000
    Monitor(s) Displays
    3 x 2
    Screen Resolution
    2160 x 1440
    Hard Drives
    128 GB SSD
    Keyboard
    Rip-off type cover
    Antivirus
    Avast, Malwarebytes, Online Armor

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8.1.1 Pro x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo E525
    CPU
    AMD A4-3300M @ 2,0GHz
    Memory
    6GB DDR3 1333MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD Radeon HD 6480G 512MB shared
    Sound Card
    Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    WD 465GB
    Cooling
    Fusion Tweaker
    Keyboard
    Logitech K360
    Mouse
    Logitech M705
    Internet Speed
    50/50 MBps
    Browser
    Yandex
    Antivirus
    No AV & No Firewall
    Other Info
    Headphones: Sennheiser RS170
Have you set Windows Firewall to control oubound as well? It is disabled by default.
You can also use something like Windows 8 Firewall Control: Sphinx Software
It doesn't matter. Windows Firewall will let anything from MS through no matter what you do. Which is why it's important to always use a third party Firewall that asks you about every single thing communicating with the network if you want to allow/block once or always. That's why Online Armor is so great. It's runs light, and will do ask for every bit of communication.So I disabled Windows Firewall, and installed it.

I'm not sure what Sphinx is capable of. It says that it's base on the same security core as Windows Firewall. So I'm not sure how it would treat any inbound/outbound attempts by anything from Windows or MS. If not, then it would be far better than Online Armor by the looks of it. Very simple and very light.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro 64
    Computer type
    Tablet
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Microsoft Surface Pro 3
    CPU
    i5-4300U
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD 4000
    Monitor(s) Displays
    3 x 2
    Screen Resolution
    2160 x 1440
    Hard Drives
    128 GB SSD
    Keyboard
    Rip-off type cover
    Antivirus
    Avast, Malwarebytes, Online Armor
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