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# 4. Antivirus

### 3rd party Antivirus:

* Press windows key, type "Add or remove program", and in that list of programs, delete any that are antivirus. Here's a list of them: [https://tinyurl.com/yyasj83u](https://tinyurl.com/yyasj83u)

### Windows Security:

*   You can use Defender Control to disable Windows Security if you are on Windows 10:

    *   [https://www.sordum.org/downloads/?st-defender-control](https://www.sordum.org/downloads/?st-defender-control)

        Password: sordum

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*   If you aren't on Windows 10 then do the following:

    * Disable Real-Time Protection in Windows Security
      * You can also add exclusions on the bottom of the page to keep your loaders from getting deleted occasionally.
    * If you get "An error occurred while trying to load the driver, please contact support." or a DRIVER &#x30;_&#x78;_&#x31;001-&#x30;_&#x78;_&#x31;003 error, uninstall the latest security update installed on your computer.

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