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This application removes / disables Windows Defender, including the Windows Security App, Windows Virtualization-Based Security (VBS), Windows SmartScreen, Windows Security Services, Windows Web-Threat Service, Windows File Virtualization (UAC), Microsoft Defender App Guard, Microsoft Driver Block List, System Mitigations and the Windows Defender page in the Settings App on Windows 10 or later.


## ❓️ What components are removing?

### Removing Security Components
This script removes/disables following security components:
- support for Windows Security Center including Windows Security Center Service (wscsvc), Windows Security Service (SgrmBroker, Sgrm Drivers) which are needed to run Windows Security App.
- virtualization support.
- Hypervisor startup (this fixes disablation of Virtualization Based Security, this will auto enable if you use Hyper-V and/or WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux), WSA (Windows Subsystem for Android))
- LUA (disables File Virtualization and User Account Control, which will run all apps as administrator priviliges (also fixes old app errors))
- Exploit Guard (something about Exploits)
- Windows Smart Control
- Tamper Protection (for Windows 11 21H2 or earlier)
- SecHealthUI (Windows Security UWP App)
- SmartScreen
- Pluton Support and Pluton Services Support
- System Mitigations
- "Services Mitigations" (search on admx.help for more informations, its policy)
- Spectre and Meltdown Mitigation (for get +30% performance on old Intel CPUs)
- Windows Security Section from Settings App.

### Removing Antivirus Components
This script forcily removes following antivirus components:
- Windows Defender Definition Update List (this will disable updating definitions of Defender because its removed)
- Windows Defender SpyNet Telemetry
- Antivirus Service
- Windows Defender Antivirus filter and windows defender rootkit scanner drivers
- Antivirus Scanning Tasks
- Shell Associations (Context Menu)
- Hides Antivirus Protection section from Windows Security App.

## 📃 Instructions

> [!NOTE]
> A system restore point is recommended before you run the script. (if you don't know what are you doing)
1. Download the packed script from [Releases](https://github.com/jbara2002/windows-defender-remover/releases)
1. Download the packed script from [Releases](https://github.com/ionuttbara/windows-defender-remover/releases)
2. Run the ".exe" as administrator
3. Follow the instructions displayed

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you can use download entire source code
1. Download the source code from [Releases](https://github.com/jbara2002/windows-defender-remover/releases).
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