Windows Defender Is Becoming the Powerful Antivirus That Windows 10 Needs

Discussion in 'other anti-virus software' started by Secondmineboy, Jan 30, 2016.

  1. plat1098

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    Has anyone seen this definition update failure before? A cursory check of the error code yielded nothing. This is a Fall CU thing, right? I ran some scans out of paranoia and they were clean. :isay:

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  2. Martin_C

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    Faulty download being rejected.
    Not to worry. WD will pull in anything needed dynamically, if and when needed.
     
  3. plat1098

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    OK, you are right, the new definitions haven't come yet, but trying to check doesn't give the error either, so it seems OK. A little too much information in the error message there. OK, thank you.
     
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    https://blog.emsisoft.com/2017/11/08/windows-10-ransomware-protection-good-enough/
     
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    Great article that sums up things nicely. Personally, I believe its just a matter of time till someone bypasses CF. The problem with the "vault" approach is someone is always finding a way to breach it whether it is software or a steel bank vault. One existing scenario is simply "taking out" Windows Defender.
     
  6. Martin_C

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    The feature still doesn't work that way. :)
    As mentioned 8-10 times by now - the feature runs Default-deny.
    If you blind the vetting, then nothing new is granted access.
     
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    Unfortunately it does work that way. I just took an empty VM with Windows 10 and turned on controlled folder access. I then proceeded to install software that I knew would be blocked by it. It was. I then disabled Windows Defender without having turned the Controlled folders back off. I can now run the installer with no issues and nothing blocked. So "taking out" Windows Defender will bypass the Controlled folders. I know, you already have bigger problems at that point, but I expect it will be a matter of when and not if and at that sooner than later that someone will bypass the Controlled folders, so I am just not going to bother with them in the first place.
     
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    That is not what I said. :)
    I said if you blind it, then nothing new is granted access.
    That WD needs to be activated are part of requirements as mentioned in Microsoft documentation. See link on page 45.
     
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    Requires physical hands-on access to the single machine you target as well as access to desktop.

    Try it through external means and you will find there's a reason why there's four features in Exploit Guard.

    And there's a reason why all the many features in the Windows 10 protection stack overlap the way they do. Protection in layers. :)
     
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    Disabling WD's realtime protection is as trivial as creating a Powershell script and the running the script.

    For example, create a script named and stored here: C:/disable.ps1. The script contains this:

    Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring $true
    Then run this; powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "C:/disable.ps1"

    Since there are all kinds of stealthy ways malware can run PowerShell and it's scripts including registry and memory, a WD bypass is a foregone conclusion.
     
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    ESET with no FP, great :)
     
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    Ok, sorry, I misunderstood what you meant. o_O
     
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    We're testing that one presently. A number of interesting possibilities to do so.
     
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    Is it possible to remove "desktop" folder from protected folders?
     
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    I still encounter issues: pickerhost.exe is blocked even if whitelisted after multiple reboots (running CFW with WD). On my desktop, in which I don't use CFW but VoodooShield, I didn't have to whitelist anything and everything is working properly. Probably a conflict with COMODO Firewall
     
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