How To Disable Temporarily

I'm using Bitdefender AV Plus. I would consider using it on all my machine, but I need a program I can turn off when I'm working offline with Graphics & Video Editing. It seems to be a chore to do. There are so many different switches to turn off. Ever since I first started using the program, I have freezes on my machine like the old windows 98 days. Currently using Windows 8.1 on a ASUS Laptop with 16 GB of RAM and a 3 GB Graphics card. Is there a way to shut it all down that's easier?