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PCs, for a long time, had a bloatware problem. The major PC manufacturers—Dell, Asus, Acer, and the like—had a bad habit of including "free trials" of software like Norton AntiVirus on new devices.

There are some situations where you might want to temporarily disable Windows' built-in security tool. I'll show you how to do it safely.