Windows Defender Antivirus Service disabled by Steam

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Hello,


Facing the following issue:

When starting PC -> Defender is up and running;

When starting Steam App-> Defender is up and running;

When starting game via Steam -> Defender become disabled (service stopped: WinDefend "Microsoft Defender Antivirus Service");

If try to start Defender service while Game or Steam running after Defender was disabled, it is not possible to do so.

PC is clean installed, tested with Azure AD Join + Intune Baseline or as Personal PC only.

Tested also by applying Group Policy to disallow disabling Defender, still no luck, Defender disabled.


Does anyone else experience the same behavior that Defender AV becomes disabled after running the game via Steam?

I don't want that Defender AV becomes disabled, I want to stay protected!

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