[DISCUSSION] Disabling Microsoft Defender Antivirus (formerly Windows Defender)

sonic9 · Dec 19, 2024

Don't forget disable tamper protection before gpedit.
Then a working alternative is GPO "Turning off Real time protection".

Super Spartan · Dec 19, 2024

dvdivx said: ↑

Windows 11 IoT for a device that is not connected to the internet once installed except for occasional updates. I have it turned off in both GPEdit and in Registy as it keeps deleting a 3rd party program. How can I stop Windows defender from overriding both the registry and GPEdit? If I turn it off in GPEdit under "Turn off Microsoft Defender Antivirus" it changes the setting back to not configured instead of enabled. In the registry if "DisableAntiSpyware" is set to 1 it deletes the DWORD from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoftWindows Defender.
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1) Disable Memory Integrity from Device Security
2) Toggle all switches off for everything including tamper protection
3) reboot into safe mode
4) double click on the attached reg file to disable Windows Defender Services
5) apply the Group Policy Rules to turn off Windows defender and "allow antimalware service to remain running always" = disabled

[DISCUSSION] Disabling Microsoft Defender Antivirus (formerly Windows Defender)

sonic9 MDL Member

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Attached Files:

Disable Windows Defender Services.zip