How to temporarily disable Microsoft Security Essentials

January 18, 2013

When it comes to keeping my PC secure, I rely on a small handful of tools: Windows 7's built-in firewall, Gmail's spam filtering, Web of Trust's helpful browser plug-in, and Microsoft's free Security Essentials anti-virus utility. At this risk of jinxing things, here's my score to date: My PC: 1. Malware of any variety: 0. However, I recently needed to troubleshoot a program that wasn't working properly, and, as always, the tech support department's first suggestion was to "disable my antivirus program." Normally I ignore this advice, but because the program in question involves a lot of file downloading from various protected servers, I thought it might actually be worth a try. Just one catch: How the heck do you disable Security Essentials? To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2025707/how-to-temporarily-disable-microsoft-security-essentials.html