Malwarebytes AND Windows Defender at the SAME time?

[Candy_Iowa]

Is it possible to have both Malwarebytes and windows defender on and working at the same time? If so, how? If not, which one?

 

[Ralston18]

FYI:

https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/198489-malwarebytes-305-and-windows-defender/

Very much the same for other AV applications.

Two AV programs running at the same time can be problematic.

 

[Lucysnowy]

https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/198624-malwarebytes-306-cu41-latest-version/

I had the same problem and found out by going to Malwarebytes Forum they fixed the solution. I now can run both at the same time.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

I run both and have no issues.

 

[Cale]

I noticed that Windows 10 has an anti-malware service running already, so it would not have a hit on your CPU. Malwarebytes blocked a bunch of malicious websites for me. So far so good. Don't install hacked software and it will probably work sufficiently.

 

[ern007]

I have Windows Defender and Malwarebytes running together on Windows 10 with no problems at all.

I also have (Must be without real time protection) Adaware a very light programme and so long as Adaware real time protection is shut of, I have no problems - I even have the pop up blocket which works with Chrome.

 

[graham3d3d]

I have both running. But... is that efficient? Do the perform significantly different tasks?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Defender won't catch hardly anything , but the Premium Malwarebytes Real Time Protection is very good.

I disable Defender , it's not as bad as it use to be but not needed with Malwarebytes.