Should I turn off Windows Defender?

I have windows Vista, and windows defender is built-in in the OS
I use NOD32 anti-virus 3.0, it has anti-virus and anti-spyware real time protection in it.
So, is it save for me to turn windows defender off ?

 

I personally don't use Windows Defender. Frankly I think its spyware detection is crap, and it takes up background memory.

 

Yes, especially because you have NOD32.

 

I agree on both points. Turn it off.

 

thank you for all advices, I'll turn it off

 

If you have any more questions be sure to let us know.

 

How do you disable it?

 

http://www.vista4beginners.com/How-to-disable-Windows-Defender

 

You can go one step further than mentioned in the above article.

-Click Start and type in "services" and open it up.
-scroll down to "Windows Defender"
-double click on it and under startup type select "Disable"
-click ok

 

Along with "msconfig", "startup", and disabling Defender from booting on startup.