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Disable Windows AV for testing

Windows 10 Disable Virus and Threat Protections

:: Turn Off Windows Defender
REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender" /v DisableAntiSpyware /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender" /v DisableRoutinelyTakingAction /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection" /v DisableBehaviorMonitoring /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection" /v DisableRealtimeMonitoring /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

:: Cloud-protection level
REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\MpEngine" /v MpCloudBlockLevel /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

:: Disabling 'Join Microsoft MAPS'
REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Spynet" /v SpynetReporting /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Spynet" /v SubmitSamplesConsent /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

:: Disable Smartscreen (Apps and Files)
REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System" /v EnableSmartScreen /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer" /v SmartScreenEnabled /t REG_SZ /d Off /f

:: Disable Smartscreen (Apps Windows Store)
REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppHost" /v EnableWebContentEvaluation /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

:: Disable Smartscreen (Edge)
REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.microsoftedge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\MicrosoftEdge\PhishingFilter" /v EnabledV9 /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.microsoftedge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\MicrosoftEdge\PhishingFilter" /v PreventOverride /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

:: Disable Bypassing Windows Defender SmartScreen Prompts for Sites in Microsoft Edge
REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\MicrosoftEdge\PhishingFilter" /v PreventOverride /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

:: Disable “Publisher Could Not Be Verified” Messages to .exe , .dll , .bat files
REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Associations" /v LowRiskFileTypes /t REG_SZ /d ".exe;.dll;.bat" /f


:: Tamper Features
REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Features" /v TamperProtection /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

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This has inspired some of scripts in privacy.sexy to disable Defender completely. I just want to say thank you for sharing your findings <3

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