Anti Virus

Disabling Antivirus

Third-party AV and Windows Defender can block installs, drivers, or injection.

Disabling security reduces protection.

Only do this if support tells you to.

1

Uninstall third-party antivirus

Remove any installed AV, for example:

• Norton

• Avast

• McAfee

• Malwarebytes

• Kaspersky

Then restart your PC.

2

Disable Windows Defender real-time protection (temporary)

Open Windows Security → Virus & threat protection → Manage settings.

Turn off:

• Real-time protection

Windows may re-enable this automatically after some time or after a reboot.

3

If you were told to use the Defender disable tool

Download:

• DControl Download

Extract the zip.

Open the tool and click Disable Windows Defender.

4

Continue setup

Go back to Download and continue the prereqs.

Recommended: re-enable protection after you’re done

Turn Real-time protection back on in Windows Security once you’ve finished.