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# Defender Control
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Open source windows defender disabler.
Now you can disable windows defender permanently!
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Tested from Windows 10 20H2.
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## What is this project?
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We all know that disabling windefender is very difficult since microsoft is constantly enforcing changes.
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The first solution is to install an anti-virus - but thats not the point if we are trying to disable it!
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The next easiest solution is to use freeware thats already available on the internet - but none of them are native & open source...
I like open source, so I made a safe to use open source defender control.
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## On windows updates / Windows 11
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Sometimes windows decides to update and turn itself back on.
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A common issue is that defender control sometimes doesn't want to disable tamper protection again.
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Please try turning off tamper protection manually then running disable-defender.exe again before posting an issue.
![Tamper](https://github.com/qtkite/defender-control/blob/main/resources/tamper.png?raw=true)
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## What does it do?
1. It gains TrustedInstaller permissions
2. It will disable windefender services + smartscreen
3. It will disable anti-tamper protection
4. It will disable all relevant registries + wmi settings
## Is it safe?
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Yes it is safe, feel free to review the code in the repository yourself.
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Anti-virus & other programs might flag this as malicious since it disables defender - but feel free to compile it using visual studio.
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## Compiling
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Open the project using visual studio 2022 preview.
Set the build to Release and x64.
Change the build type you want in settings.hpp.
Compile.
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## Demo
![Demo](https://github.com/qtkite/defender-control/blob/main/resources/demo.gif?raw=true)
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## Release
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You can find the first release over at the releases on the right.
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Or alternatively click [here](https://github.com/qtkite/defender-control/releases/tag/v1.2).
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## Windows 11
Works for earlier versions of Windows 11. Correct registries have not been added yet for the latest version.
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Update, Trusted Installer no longer has effect on the current live versions of Windows 11. Use with caution.