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pgkt04 / defender-control

An open-source windows defender manager. Now you can disable windows defender permanently.
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Operation did not complete successfully because the file contains a virus or potentially unwanted software #23

Open lastant opened 2 years ago

lastant commented 2 years ago

When trying to open disable-defender.exe on Windows 11 Home 21H2 I'm getting this error: Operation did not complete successfully because the file contains a virus or potentially unwanted software

I tried disabling the real-time protection, but the Security at a glance screen is empty for me. Tried some solutions for the empty screen from the internet, but nothing worked.

pgkt04 commented 2 years ago

Do you perhaps have another anti-virus running?

pgkt04 commented 2 years ago

You can try compiling the software yourself and it should circumvent the file being tagged automatically.

lastant commented 2 years ago

And what is the problem creating a legitimate dummy Security Provider that can install like a regular antivirus and don't do nothing? Does it need a certificate from microsoft?

Senxsation commented 1 year ago

You can try compiling the software yourself and it should circumvent the file being tagged automatically.

This is a great open source software by the way. I'm new to using visual studio, so incase I want to re-enable windows defender in the future and all the other security features, how do I do it?

nefarius commented 1 year ago

And what is the problem creating a legitimate dummy Security Provider that can install like a regular antivirus and don't do nothing? Does it need a certificate from microsoft?

It is not public knowledge how to do that, you only get access to this information via NDA. Just having some sort of certificate is not enough.