Thank you so much. It's working as intended, I can finally have windows store experience without forced update things.
If you don't use Windows Defender there's scripts to disable it, personally i'm using this one so if i want to enable it again i can undo it Code: rem echo To disable Windows Defender Security Center include this reg add "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SecurityHealthService" /v "Start" /t REG_DWORD /d "4" /f echo 0 - Disable Real-time protection reg add "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender" /v "DisableAntiSpyware" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f reg add "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender" /v "DisableAntiVirus" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f reg add "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\MpEngine" /v "MpEnablePus" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f reg add "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection" /v "DisableBehaviorMonitoring" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f reg add "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection" /v "DisableIOAVProtection" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f reg add "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection" /v "DisableOnAccessProtection" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f reg add "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection" /v "DisableRealtimeMonitoring" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f reg add "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection" /v "DisableScanOnRealtimeEnable" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f reg add "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Reporting" /v "DisableEnhancedNotifications" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f reg add "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\SpyNet" /v "DisableBlockAtFirstSeen" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f reg add "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\SpyNet" /v "SpynetReporting" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f reg add "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\SpyNet" /v "SubmitSamplesConsent" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f echo Disable WD Tasks set TaskName="Microsoft\Windows\ExploitGuard\ExploitGuard MDM policy Refresh" SCHTASKS /End /TN %TaskName% >nul 2>&1 && schtasks /Change /TN %TaskName% /Disable 2>nul set TaskName="Microsoft\Windows\Windows Defender\Windows Defender Cache Maintenance" SCHTASKS /End /TN %TaskName% >nul 2>&1 && schtasks /Change /TN %TaskName% /Disable 2>nul set TaskName="Microsoft\Windows\Windows Defender\Windows Defender Cleanup" SCHTASKS /End /TN %TaskName% >nul 2>&1 && schtasks /Change /TN %TaskName% /Disable 2>nul set TaskName="Microsoft\Windows\Windows Defender\Windows Defender Scheduled Scan" SCHTASKS /End /TN %TaskName% >nul 2>&1 && schtasks /Change /TN %TaskName% /Disable 2>nul set TaskName="Microsoft\Windows\Windows Defender\Windows Defender Verification" SCHTASKS /End /TN %TaskName% >nul 2>&1 && schtasks /Change /TN %TaskName% /Disable 2>nul echo Remove WD context menu reg delete "HKCR\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\EPP" /f reg delete "HKCR\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\EPP" /f reg delete "HKCR\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\EPP" /f echo Disable WD SmartScreen reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer" /v "SmartScreenEnabled" /t REG_SZ /d "Off" /f reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.microsoftedge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\MicrosoftEdge\PhishingFilter" /v "EnabledV9" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppHost" /v "EnableWebContentEvaluation" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f echo Disable WD Notifications reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender Security Center\Notifications" /v "DisableNotifications" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender Security Center\Notifications" /v "DisableNotifications" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f Pause
Hey, thank you for helping. I want to use windows defender but i don't want to update definition updates automatically It would be great if it can be disabled Best regards
Is there any reason behind? I mean, I want to get updates automatically to keep my WD or AV up to date.
My internet connection is not great (It makes higher ping in games etc.) I always install definition updates when I got free time but I don't want to install it by forced.
Hey @BALTAGY , can you remove (or change to only "MicrosoftUpdateServer") this regedit entry in stopwinupdates? I got automatic defender updates because of this. Code: Registry Key : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Signature Updates Change Type : Removed Value Value Name : FallbackOrder Value Data : InternalDefinitionUpdateServer | MicrosoftUpdateServer | MMPC Value Type : REG_SZ
For me i want Auto Defender updates to work, people using another antivirus can disable defender via shared scripts Also in your case you can do it manually since it's a rare case
Can you add as option like Enable/Disable automatic defender definition update? Just wondering, it's not so important for me at least I found solution Do you know another option to disable automatic definition update?
I have been using "stopwinupdates" since it appeared. afaict it has stopped Defender updates also. I used to get messages in the taskbar, that my definitions are outdated, but disabled those. I use Defender manually once a week (as I do Emsisoft) and when I do, I download the new definitions. Am I wrong to trust that updating defender definitions will ONLY update definitions? Am I wrong to assume "stopwinupdates" has disabled defender updates? Thanks
There's an option to check update Windows Defender (Windows Security) definitions every 6 hours for who using it I added this option when i got reports that auto update Windows Defender (Windows Security) definitions not working Added also a full changelog in first post since v1.3 since v1 to v1.2 been in testing and many things got fixed/update and can't remember all of it
Am I wrong to trust that updating defender definitions will ONLY update definitions? Not sure about that since i never used it, but it should be only definitions Am I wrong to assume "stopwinupdates" has disabled defender updates? From reporting i received the auto update don't work, that's why i added check update Windows Defender (Windows Security) definitions every 6 hours