11-25-2020, 05:54 AM
A bit of a bad news I suppose?!
In Windows 10 from build 20H2 you can no longer disable the Windows Defender Antivirus! The registry hack won't work and the group policy option also won't work. Microsoft has taken this steps as a sacrifice for the security of Windows users. The only way to disable it is to actually install another Antivirus that uses the Windows API properly and disables the Defender Antivirus component as long as it is running.
I'm on Windows 10 Enterprise 20H2 and wanted to disable it. The GPO option didn't work and I was wondering why... after some research I found the information I mentioned above. The GPO actually just ads the registry hack to disable the Defender Antivirus. Since that registry hack has been removed the GPO is pretty useless for latest Windows builds.
Also found this: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/mi...-registry/
In Windows 10 from build 20H2 you can no longer disable the Windows Defender Antivirus! The registry hack won't work and the group policy option also won't work. Microsoft has taken this steps as a sacrifice for the security of Windows users. The only way to disable it is to actually install another Antivirus that uses the Windows API properly and disables the Defender Antivirus component as long as it is running.
I'm on Windows 10 Enterprise 20H2 and wanted to disable it. The GPO option didn't work and I was wondering why... after some research I found the information I mentioned above. The GPO actually just ads the registry hack to disable the Defender Antivirus. Since that registry hack has been removed the GPO is pretty useless for latest Windows builds.
Also found this: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/mi...-registry/
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