# Defender Control
Open source windows defender disabler.   
Now you can disable windows defender permanently!   
Tested from Windows 10 20H2.  
Also working on Windows 11 

## What is this project?  
We all know that disabling windefender is very difficult since microsoft is constantly enforcing changes.  
The first solution is to install an anti-virus - but thats not the point if we are trying to disable it!  
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.  

## On windows updates
Sometimes windows decides to update and turn itself back on.  
A common issue is that defender control sometimes doesn't want to disable tamper protection again.  
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)

## 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?
Yes it is safe, feel free to review the code in the repository yourself.  
Anti-virus & other programs might flag this as malicious since it disables defender - but feel free to compile it using visual studio.

## Compiling
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.  

## Demo
![Demo](https://github.com/qtkite/defender-control/blob/main/resources/demo.gif?raw=true)

## Release
You can find the first release over at the releases on the right.  
Or alternatively click [here](https://github.com/qtkite/defender-control/releases/tag/v1.2).

## TO-DO
- [x] Disable security center
- [x] Add silent mode
- [x] Confirm win 11 support
- [ ] Better cli support 
- [ ] Build an interface