Disable Windows Security service integrations
- Single actionThis page belongs to a script, containing basic changes to achieve a task.
- Windows onlyThis script improves your privacy on Windows
- Impact: HighSystem Functionality Loss Risk: High
This action improves privacy with high impact when you run the recommended script. - Batch (batchfile)These changes use Windows system commands to update your settings.
- Fully reversible
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Overview
This script disables the Windows Security service (wscsvc
) communication with other security software.
The Windows Security uses APIs (special programming tools) that allow security programs to share their status with Windows 1 2. In recent Windows versions, this service is part of Windows Security (formerly Windows Security Center) 3.
Disabling these interfaces may enhance privacy by limiting the information shared about your system's security status. It may also improve system performance by reducing background processes.
However, disabling this communication has significant drawbacks:
- It may disrupt how security information is displayed in the Windows Security app 4.
- Third-party antivirus solutions may not function properly or report their status correctly 4.
- You may miss important security warnings or updates.
- Network Access Protection (NAP), which helps secure your network, may not work properly 1 2.
This script may reduce your system's overall security by disrupting communication between security components.
Technical Details
This script disables the Microsoft-Windows-SecurityCenter-Broker
package, which manages communication for
Windows Security Center 3.
- Files:
%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\SecurityCenterBrokerPS.dll
3
- Interfaces used to display information:
__x_Windows_CSecurityCenter_CIWscBrokerManager
(B529B7F5-76AA-431F-AD7F-1272FEEDFF07
) 3__x_Windows_CSecurityCenter_CIWscBrokerManagerSink
(2A23AE77-9BFC-4B7B-8520-2D7B3E4A40B6
) 3__x_Windows_CSecurityCenter_CIWscCloudBackupProvider
(17966E44-DA6F-4AA9-B30E-5D4CCA5F5933
) 3__x_Windows_CSecurityCenter_CICbpBrokerCallback
(CBBC9C52-0741-4E3C-8E87-711722F8740D
) 3__x_Windows_CSecurityCenter_CIWscDataProtection
(642D1BFD-FD78-488D-8E3B-AEB1195FE4DE
) 3__x_Windows_CSecurityCenter_CISecurityAppBrokerSink
(0A4B1BED-FD27-4932-9094-F0738284DEB4
) 3__x_Windows_CSecurityCenter_CISecurityAppBroker
(E8CE0994-D686-46F8-A719-9EB1436EC690
) 3__x_Windows_CUI_CShell_CISecurityAppManager
(96AC500C-AED4-561D-BDE8-953520343A2D
) 3
- Activatable classes:
- Registry keys:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\WindowsRuntime\Server\wscsvc
3
- COM objects: