Forked from Braytiner/Windows Defender Exclusions VS 2019.ps1
Created
July 14, 2022 14:51
-
-
Save jonz-secops/891b04cc85de1c6419b2bafb90a521ed to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Adds Windows Defender exclusions for Visual Studio 2019
This file contains bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
$userPath = $env:USERPROFILE | |
$pathExclusions = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList | |
$processExclusions = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList | |
$pathExclusions.Add('C:\source\repos') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add('C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add('C:\Windows\assembly') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add($userPath + '\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add($userPath + '\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio Services') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add($userPath + '\AppData\Local\GitCredentialManager') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add($userPath + '\AppData\Local\GitHubVisualStudio') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add($userPath + '\AppData\Local\Microsoft\dotnet') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add($userPath + '\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VSApplicationInsights') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add($userPath + '\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VSCommon') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add($userPath + '\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VisualStudio') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add($userPath + '\AppData\Roaming\NuGet') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add($userPath + '\AppData\Roaming\Visual Studio Setup') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add($userPath + '\AppData\Roaming\vstelemetry') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add($userPath + '\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VisualStudio') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add($userPath + '\AppData\Roaming\HeidiSQL') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add($userPath + '\.dotnet') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add($userPath + '\.librarymanager') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add($userPath + '\Downloads\HeidiSQL_10.1_64_Portable') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add($userPath + '\AppData\Roaming\HeidiSQL') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add($userPath + '\AppData\Local\Temp\VSFeedbackIntelliCodeLogs') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add('C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\VisualStudio') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add('C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\NetFramework') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add('C:\ProgramData\Microsoft Visual Studio') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add('C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add('C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add('C:\Program Files\dotnet') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add('C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\NuGetPackages') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add('C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\TypeScript') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add('C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add('C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add('C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add('C:\Program Files (x86)\Entity Framework Tools') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add('C:\Program Files (x86)\IIS') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add('C:\Program Files (x86)\IIS Express') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add('C:\Program Files\IIS') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add('C:\Program Files\IIS Express') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add('C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Web Tools') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add('C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft.NET') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add('C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add('C:\Program Files\MySQL') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add('C:\ProgramData\MySQL') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add('C:\Program Files (x86)\NuGet') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add('C:\Program Files\Git') > $null | |
$pathExclusions.Add('C:\ProgramData\Git') > $null | |
$processExclusions.Add('devenv.exe') > $null | |
$processExclusions.Add('dotnet.exe') > $null | |
$processExclusions.Add('mysqld.exe') > $null | |
$processExclusions.Add('msbuild.exe') > $null | |
$processExclusions.Add('node.exe') > $null | |
$processExclusions.Add('git.exe') > $null | |
$processExclusions.Add('heidisql.exe') > $null | |
$processExclusions.Add('node.js') > $null | |
$processExclusions.Add('perfwatson2.exe') > $null | |
$processExclusions.Add('ServiceHub.Host.Node.x86.exe') > $null | |
$processExclusions.Add('vbcscompiler.exe') > $null | |
Write-Host "This script will create Windows Defender exclusions for common Visual Studio 2019 folders and processes." | |
Write-Host "" | |
$projectsFolder = Read-Host 'What is the path to your Projects folder? (example: c:\projects)' | |
Write-Host "" | |
Write-Host "Adding Path Exclusion: " $projectsFolder | |
Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath $projectsFolder | |
foreach ($exclusion in $pathExclusions) | |
{ | |
Write-Host "Adding Path Exclusion: " $exclusion | |
Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath $exclusion | |
} | |
foreach ($exclusion in $processExclusions) | |
{ | |
Write-Host "Adding Process Exclusion: " $exclusion | |
Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess $exclusion | |
} | |
Write-Host "" | |
Write-Host "Your Exclusions:" | |
$prefs = Get-MpPreference | |
$prefs.ExclusionPath | |
$prefs.ExclusionProcess | |
Write-Host "" | |
Write-Host "Enjoy faster build times and coding!" | |
Write-Host "" |
Sign up for free
to join this conversation on GitHub.
Already have an account?
Sign in to comment