Windows Defender

[paulyron]

My Kaspersky Total recently expired. I am using windows 11 pro. How do I make sure windows defender is turned on?


Kaspersky doesn't work anymore since it's expired but it seems to mention Kaspersky when you type in defender? Is it in windows security with the virus and thread protection?


Because it shows this

Kaspersky Total Scurity

Actions recommended for protection settings

Current threats

No actions needed


Protection settings

Actions recommended for protection settings with yellow exclamation mark


No actions needed

Open app


Microsoft Defender Antivirus options


I have the periodic scanning turned off

[paulyron]

Now if I type in Microsoft defender in search and it opens it up.

It shows


Select and account to sign in.


my email @ outlook.com


The email I believe I created when I set up my laptop years ago when I got it as it required an email. Do I click on the email? Another option is sign up with a different account.


I am confused here as shouldn't windows defender be showing the information like from my 1st post? I read Microsoft defender is not the same thing as windows defender but where are the settings on windows defender where I could do a scan of it? Why does it not show windows defender as oppose to Kaspersky Total Security in the earlier post?

[AlexithinkSR]

the best antivirus is your brain anyway

[Average Nerd]

8 minutes ago, paulyron said:

Now if I type in Microsoft defender in search and it opens it up.

It shows


Select and account to sign in.


my email @ outlook.com


The email I believe I created when I set up my laptop years ago when I got it as it required an email. Do I click on the email? Another option is sign up with a different account.


I am confused here as shouldn't windows defender be showing the information like from my 1st post? I read Microsoft defender is not the same thing as windows defender but where are the settings on windows defender where I could do a scan of it? Why does it not show windows defender as oppose to Kaspersky Total Security in the earlier post?

Open windows defender, sign in with the account that you use on your computer, and it should then just bring you to the dashboard.

[ChrisLoudon]

2 hours ago, paulyron said:

My Kaspersky Total recently expired. I am using windows 11 pro. How do I make sure windows defender is turned on?

Everything is usually all ok if the blue shield in the system tray is showing with a little green tick next to it.

 

I would maybe recommend a reinstall of Windows if you've had another AV / Firewall / Defender system running. In my experience, these programs dig their claws into the bowels of Windows, far deeper than a MS Word or Adobe Acrobat and they don't normally play nice with other programs designed to do the same job.

 

While an uninstall usually does a pretty good job, I tend to only trust a fresh Windows Install especially if its something like an AV or Firewall related thing. 

[Timme]

3 hours ago, paulyron said:

My Kaspersky Total recently expired. I am using windows 11 pro. How do I make sure windows defender is turned on?


Kaspersky doesn't work anymore since it's expired but it seems to mention Kaspersky when you type in defender? Is it in windows security with the virus and thread protection?


Because it shows this

Kaspersky Total Scurity

Actions recommended for protection settings

Current threats

No actions needed


Protection settings

Actions recommended for protection settings with yellow exclamation mark


No actions needed

Open app


Microsoft Defender Antivirus options


I have the periodic scanning turned off

Windows switches to a 3rd-party antivirus by default, and for some reason you can't switch between the 2. A full uninstall of Kaspersky should fix the issue.

[paulyron]

I don't want to uninstall Kaspersky Total.

 

 

When Kaspersky Total subscript was active, if I paused Kaspersky Total, I noticed that it would show windows defender showing though?  But it doesn't seem to do that now?  Maybe it wasn't like how I thought it was back then when I did the pause of Kaspersky Total?

 

 

I did that right now with pause Kaspersky Total

 

 

So is windows defender turned on right now or not with what is showing?  The thing is when I right click and close Kaspersky Total on the bottom right icon, it show message on bottom right

 

 

Windows Security

 

Dismiss

 

 

Only thing I can click on is dismiss and I click that.  It now shows this

 

 

Kaspersky Total Security

 

Kaspersky Total Security is snoozed

 

Current Threats

No Actions Needed

 

Protection settings

 

Kaspersky Total Security Is Snoozed

Turn on Option

 

 

Protection Updates

No actions needed

Open app option

 

 

Microsoft Defender Antivirus Options option to click on.