Highlights
- Windows Defender is a part of Microsoft Windows 10 to give full, built-in, and ongoing security protections. Its’ part includes anti-virus, anti-malware, firewall and more, to maintain your personal computer safe.
- You can check if windows defender is on or off from the notifications area along the Taskbar.
- You can enable windows defender in windows 10 from the WINDOWS SECURITY option.
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This is a quick guide that will explain the complete procedure of how to turn on windows defender in Windows 10.
Windows defender is a pre-installed software found on Windows machines that is designed to act as malware protection. It is always active by default, but if it is not enabled, you can turn it on easily on Windows 10.
How To Check Windows Defender Is On or Off
Before turning the windows defender on, you need to check its status, whether it is already on or off. And you can check this from the notifications area along the Taskbar.
You’ll need to find a small icon resembling a castle wall, although this may be found in items that have been hidden from view. If the icon is hidden, click the upwards-pointing arrow and it will expand the icon tray and show all apps running.
The Windows Defender icon should appear in this tray with a cross (X) if it’s been turned off and should be lacking the cross if it’s running.
How To Turn On Windows Defender
Click the Windows logo in Windows 10 in the bottom left corner of the screen. The Start menu will pop up. From here, click on Settings.
When you reach the settings pane, you will see all the settings options on your PC. Here click on Update & Security.
Update and security pane will be opened. Here click on the Windows security option.
On this screen, you can either click on Virus & Threat protection or Open Windows Security. Both will open the Windows Security pane.
In Virus & threat protection, you only need to click on Turn on to enable windows defender.
Now go to Firewall & network protection; you can see in the below image that the Windows Defender Firewall is turned off. You can turn it on either by clicking on the Restore Settings button, or you can enable all the options one by one by clicking on Turn on.
Now windows defender is completely enabled. You can verify this by checking the status on from toolbar.
So here we have shared the easiest way to enable windows defender in Windows 10. If you still have any queries regarding this, comment below.
