Windows Defender Status Manager is a mere 340KB zip download extracting to 452KB and. according to Virus Total, is 100% clean. Installation is also perfectly clean and straightforward. During installation you’ll be asked if you want to add a Scan option into the global right click context menu:
Just answer Yes or No and installation will then proceed based on your answer. Once installed, you’ll see the Windows Defender icon (and status) displayed in the system tray:
Right clicking the system tray icon also provides quick access to Defender’s scan and settings.
*NOTE: At first, Defender’s status was showing as ‘unprotected’. I checked the settings and Real Time Protection was definitely switched on, so this was obviously an incorrect call.
Just in case you strike the same problem:- after trying a couple of things (including rebooting) without success I ended up turning Real Time Protection off and then turning it back on again… that did the trick!
Windows Defender Status Manager is a handy little program for Defender users who want visual confirmation that their anti-virus protection is active and working.
There isn’t a Home Page as such, but you can download Windows Defender Status Manager here: http://www.itknowledge24.com/
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