Turn off Windows Defender

Information

This policy setting turns off Windows Defender.

If you enable this policy setting Windows Defender does not run and computers are not scanned for malware or other potentially unwanted software.

If you disable or do not configure this policy setting by default Windows Defender runs and computers are scanned for malware and other potentially unwanted software.

Solution

Policy Path: Windows Components\Windows Defender
Policy Setting Name: Turn off Windows Defender

See Also

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/secguide/2016/10/17/security-baseline-for-windows-10-v1607-anniversary-edition-and-windows-server-2016/

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

References: 800-53|SI-3a.

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 17a2cb1e1f91b5ea04ec4904e4dd7509f1f3befe2d31a4d15d614a62a7dd5d2a