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I ruined my vacation by reverse engineering WSC

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Re: I ruined my vacation by reverse engineering WSC

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The most invasive but effective way I've found to disable Defender is to boot into a live Linux USB, rename "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender", and create an empty file in its place.

It's weird that windows wouldn't have a signed manifest that would detect that

Re: I ruined my vacation by reverse engineering WSC

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The most invasive but effective way I've found to disable Defender is to boot into a live Linux USB, rename "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender", and create an empty file in its place.

Group policies still work so effectively that I've set up a local domain using a controller in my homelab that does nothing but change the defender policies automatically for all users.

Re: I ruined my vacation by reverse engineering WSC

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The most invasive but effective way I've found to disable Defender is to boot into a live Linux USB, rename "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender", and create an empty file in its place.

That is basically how a popular product does it,while taking down about 25% of the entire internet...

Re: I ruined my vacation by reverse engineering WSC

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Is the point to actually disable defender or to highlight a vulnerability?

That is one possible point, but om machines with low memory, (like a lab full of 8Gb potatoes) this is a godsend. These lab PCs are so stripped down, that the only thing using most of the memory is WD.

You should be able to make a normal mode to run full security and a gaming mode just run a semi large game,and yes, this does expose a vulnerability,but it can be easily brought back up.

Re: I ruined my vacation by reverse engineering WSC

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This is a godsend. I should send you a jar of KimChee for this. Please return to Seoul, and enjoy the sights. South Korea is one of the most beautiful countries in the world. Try to plan into corrispond to either the cherry blossoms falling in the spring, or the leaves falling in the fall.

I miss Seoul.

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