Disable Defender Antivirus remote management
Overview
This category contains privacy scripts for Windows.
These changes use Windows system commands to update your settings.
This category contains scripts to disable remote management capabilities of Defender Antivirus.
Remote management allows administrators or management systems to control Defender settings and receive information remotely. This includes applying configurations, running scans, and collecting device security data.
Disabling remote management enhances your privacy by:
- Preventing remote access to your Defender settings and data.
- Reducing the amount of information shared with management systems.
- Giving you more control over your local security settings.
It also increases your security by:
- Reducing potential attack surface for remote exploits.
- Preventing unauthorized changes to your Defender settings.
It can also boost system performance by removing associated components.
However, disabling remote management can interfere with organizational settings and potentially reduce security by:
- Preventing automatic application of security policies.
- Limiting the ability of IT administrators to manage and monitor security across devices.
- Potentially missing important security updates or configurations.
Disabling Defender remote management may violate organizational policies and impair the IT department's ability to protect and manage your device.
This category is only recommended if you understand its implications. Some non-critical or features may no longer function correctly after running this script.
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These scripts are written using Batch (batchfile) scripting language.
Choose one of two ways to apply:
- Automatically via privacy.sexy: The easiest and safest option.
- Manually by downloading: Requires downloading a file.
Alternative 1. Apply with Privacy.sexy
privacy.sexy is free and open-source application that lets securely apply this action easily.
It allows selectively choose parts of this action to conduct. You can fully restore this action (revert back to the original behavior) using the application.
privacy.sexy instructions
- Open or download the desktop application
- Search for the category name:
Disable Defender Antivirus remote management. - Check the category by clicking on the checkbox of the category.
- Click on Run button at the bottom of the page.
Alternative 2. Download
Consider restarting your computer for all changes to take affect.
This action is completely reversible, you can restore your changes to the initial/default state. The restore/revert methods provided here can help you fix issues.
If something goes wrong, use the Revert script provided above.
Strict
This script includes Standard and Strict recommendation levels.
This script is only recommended if you understand their implications of every single change. Some non-critical or features may no longer function correctly after running this script.
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