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Disable system modification restrictions

Overview​

About this category

This category contains privacy scripts for Windows.

These changes use Windows system commands to update your settings.

This category disables features that restrict system modifications in Windows.

This enables deeper system modifications, enhancing privacy by allowing the removal or disabling of data-collecting components like Defender.

These features raise several concerns:

  • Less user control:
    • Users can't fully control what software runs on their own machines.
    • It moves security control from device owners to hardware manufacturers and software vendors.
  • Vendor lock-in:
    • It restricts the ability to use, develop, and distribute third-party or open source software 1.
    • DRM can be enforced at the hardware level 1.
  • Privacy:
    • These systems can uniquely identify hardware 2.
    • They can enable detailed tracking of user activities.
    • Remote attestation features may expose user behavior to third parties 3.

Disabling these restrictions provides several privacy benefits:

  • Prevents system monitoring and data collection
  • Stops sharing of system integrity data with Microsoft
  • Allows modification of protected system components
  • Enables deeper privacy customizations that are normally restricted

The scripts in this category may also improve system performance by:

  • Reducing background monitoring processes
  • Removing security checks during boot and operation
  • Eliminating virtualization overhead
  • Decreasing system resource usage

Potential security trade-offs:

  • May make the system more vulnerable to malware
  • May reduce protection against unauthorized system changes
  • May weaken defenses against kernel-level attacks
  • May allow tampering with security features
Caution

This action may reduce security and can expose your system to potential threats

Not Advised

This category should only be used by advanced users. None of its scripts are recommended for daily use as it breaks important functionality. Do not run it without having backups and system snapshots.

Apply now​

These scripts are written using Batch (batchfile) scripting language.

Choose one of two ways to apply:

  1. Automatically via privacy.sexy: The easiest and safest option.
  2. 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.

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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
  1. Open or download the desktop application
  2. Search for the category name: Disable system modification restrictions.
  3. Check the category by clicking on the checkbox of the category.
  4. Click on Run button at the bottom of the page.

Alternative 2. Download​

Consider restarting your computer for all changes to take affect.

Reversible

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.

All​

This script includes Standard, Strict recommendation levels along with unrecommended scripts.

Not Advised

This script should only be used by advanced users. Some of these changes are NOT recommended for daily use as it breaks important functionality. Do not run it without having backups and system snapshots.

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Explore further​

This category includes total of 12 scripts and 1 subcategories.

Explore its 6 subscripts and 1 subcategories:

Disable Defender System Guard

This category disables Defender System Guard, a security feature in Windows. This feature is referred to as Windows Defender System Guard, System Guard, and internally within Microsoft as Octagon. Introduced in Windows 10, version 1709, it is a set of system integrity features. System Guard acts as an anti-tampering mechanism. It is a Windows component that protects system integrity during startup and runtime. It is included as part of the Defender for Endpoint suite. It ...

Disable Defender Antivirus minifilter driver

This script disables Defender's core monitoring component that tracks and controls your system activities. This component has several names, including: Windows Defender Mini-Filter Driver • Microsoft antimalware file system filter driver • Microsoft Defender Antivirus On-Access Malware Protection Mini-Filter Driver • Windows Defender Real-Time scanning filesystem filter driver • Windows Defender On-Access Malware Protection Mini-Filter Driver • Microsoft Defender Antivirus Mini-Filter Driver Thi...

Disable Defender Antivirus boot driver

This script disables the Windows Defender boot driver ("WdBoot") to reduce system monitoring and enhance your privacy and control. This driver is also known as: Windows Defender Boot Driver • Microsoft Defender Antivirus Boot Driver • Early Launch Anti-malware (ELAM) boot driver • Windows Defender ELAM Driver • Microsoft antimalware boot driver • Early Launch Antimalware (ELAM) driver Microsoft introduced this driver as a security feature in Windows 8. As a default component in Windows, the driv...

Disable security event monitoring

This script disables the Microsoft Security Events filter driver ("MsSecFlt.sys"). This driver is known by different names: Microsoft Security Events Component File System Filter Driver • MSSense: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for EDR Sensor • Microsoft Security Eve Kernel • Microsoft Security Events Component Minifilter • Microsoft Security Events Component Minifilter driver • "MsSecFlt". It is a minifilter that inspects the file system. Minifilter is also known as file system filte...

Disable Secure Boot driver

This script disables the Microsoft Security Core Boot Driver ("msseccore.sys"). This driver is a kernel-mode component that enforces security policies during the boot process. It was introduced in Windows 11 22H2, starting with Insider Preview Build 25188. It operates as a Secure Boot driver. Secure Boot is a feature that prevents unauthorized software from loading at startup and requires compatible hardware. The driver handles several security-related tasks: A malfunction may cause ...

Disable Tamper Protection

This script disables the Tamper Protection feature. Tamper Protection is a security feature that blocks unauthorized changes to key Defender Antivirus settings. These settings include real-time protection, behavior monitoring, and cloud-delivered protection. By default, Tamper Protection is enabled. It is available in all editions of Windows since Windows 10, version 1903. Disabling Tamper Protection may increase privacy and control over your system by allowing you to: Change...

Disable virtualization-based security (VBS)

This script disables Virtualization-based Security (VBS) in Windows. Virtualization-based security (VBS) uses hardware virtualization to create an isolated, secure environment. This environment helps protect vital system and operating system resources, as well as security assets like authenticated user credentials. VBS requires Secure Boot to run. VBS includes a memory integrity feature, also called hypervisor-protected code integrity (HVCI) and hypervisor enforced code integri...

Explore Categories​

This action belongs to Disable Defender category. This category offers scripts to disable Windows security components related to Defender. Defender is also referred to as Microsoft Defender or Windows Defender. Although designed to protect you, its features may compromise your privacy and decrease computer performance. Privacy concerns... Read more on category page ▶

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