How to UNINSTALL windows defender in vista ?

[anandk]

How to UNINSTALL windows defender in vista ?

running

msiexec /uninstall windowsdefender.msi /quiet /log uninstall.log

works...aprntly...

anyone tried that ?
anyone wants to remove defender badly enuf, to want to try it ?

[sankaranand]

i get the following error message on trying

This installation package could not be opened. Verify that the package exists and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to verify that this is a valid windows installer package

What should i do now ? i even tried disabling WD but get the same message.

[anandk]

i had come across the soln on the net and was wondering if anyone had tried it. no one appears to have; as defender so well integrated with vista. trying it may break yr installation. best to disable it instead.

wait a sec, how do you get that msg when simply trying to disable it? is yr defender working ok otherwise ?
open msconfig > startups.disable windows defender or
open wd > tools > disable realtime protection or
open services 7 change windows defender service starup status to disabled.