Window Vista : Disable Windows Defender

Windows Defender offers good free protection against spyware with real-time protection. I generally would not recommend disabling Defender unless you already have another anti-spyware program on your system and want to save some system resource.

To disable Windows Defender in Vista:

Go to “Start”
Click on “Control Panel”
Select “Security”
Click on “Windows Defender” ( To get to Defender faster go to Start and type in Defender in the Search Field and hit Enter)
In Windows Defender click on “Tools”
Under Settings select “Options”
Scroll down to the very bottom, under Administrative options un-check “Use Windows Defender” by clicking on it
Hit “Save”
If UAC pops up enter your admin password and “Continue”