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@Andy Ful where BD is av or any 3d party av, can ConfigureDefender enable / disable periodic scans by Defender?Anyway, running ConfigureDefender is not necessary when BitDefender is an active AV.
@Andy Ful where BD is av or any 3d party av, can ConfigureDefender enable / disable periodic scans by Defender?Anyway, running ConfigureDefender is not necessary when BitDefender is an active AV.
No.@Andy Ful where BD is av or any 3d party av, can ConfigureDefender enable / disable periodic scans by Defender?
It cannot even if Defender is the main AV - there is no such option in ConfigureDefender.@Andy Ful where BD is av or any 3d party av, can ConfigureDefender enable / disable periodic scans by Defender?
I understand it is not in DefenderUI either. I only ask because after I installed ESET it had automatically disabled Defender periodic scanning (other 3d-party av do too), and for reasons I do not clearly recall, I manually enabled Defender periodic scanning. Then realized I did not really need or want those Defender periodic scans with ESET, but discovered that MS had moved & somewhat hid the disable switch, took me unnecessary time to find it and turn OFF Defender periodic scanning.It cannot even if Defender is the main AV - there is no such option in ConfigureDefender.
Firewall settings and Microsoft Defender settings are different, so changing one does not change another.i have defender+configure defender (high) , if i enable ransomware protection and firewall incoming connections will affect the settings of configuredefender? just a consern , thanks
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can i ask, do you suggest configure defender (high) + ransomware protection (enable) + firewall setting (enable ) for better protection ? worth ? thanksFirewall settings and Microsoft Defender settings are different, so changing one does not change another.
If you change the Ransomware Protection from Security Center, then this setting will also change in ConfigureDefender, and vice versa.
It will increase the protection level. Is it worth the effort? This will highly depend on your activities and habits.can i ask, do you suggest configure defender (high) + ransomware protection (enable) + firewall setting (enable ) for better protection ? worth ? thanks
thank you sir , i appreciate your good work , keep goingIt will increase the protection level. Is it worth the effort? This will highly depend on your activities and habits.
The only way is to try the setup in practice.
Andy just enjoying, just a question, does the core isolation enabled bring any benefit to a home user? Because mine was activated, now it is deactivated, it might be incompatibility with some driver. Thanks!It will increase the protection level. Is it worth the effort? This will highly depend on your activities and habits.
Yes, it increases security against low-level attacks (especially via vulnerable drivers). Such attacks are usually performed when the environment is already compromised on the administrative level by another malware or when the attacker has got physical access to the machine.Andy just enjoying, just a question, does the core isolation enabled bring any benefit to a home user? Because mine was activated, now it is deactivated, it might be incompatibility with some driver. Thanks!
The problem of 3rd party AV vulnerabilities is interesting, but not for home users. Nowadays, it has become even less important because Defender is the most popular AV at home (and most targeted).@Andy Ful i'm not sure if here is the correct thread to discuss this, but i'd like your opinion about the argument I've read that using Windows Defender would be superior to other AV solutions as "noone knows Windows better than Microsoft".
In other words, the idea is based on the argument that using other AV private solutions would only add more vulnerabilities to your system as it needs to have privilege rights to work properly. And most companies would not integrate their solutions so well as Microsoft can.
If you think i should open a new thread to that, just let me know. Thank you.
The main advocates of sticking to Microsoft Defender is Google's Project Zero - particularly Tavis Ormandy. That team has found throughout their vulnerability research that Microsoft's developers mostly get it right when coding Defender.@Andy Ful i'm not sure if here is the correct thread to discuss this, but i'd like your opinion about the argument I've read that using Windows Defender would be superior to other AV solutions as "noone knows Windows better than Microsoft".
In other words, the idea is based on the argument that using other AV private solutions would only add more vulnerabilities to your system as it needs to have privilege rights to work properly. And most companies would not integrate their solutions so well as Microsoft can.
If you think i should open a new thread to that, just let me know. Thank you.
The HIGH Protection Level of Configuredefender does not have any impact on the settings in the "App & browser control" (from Security Center), except for enabling PUA protection (Reputation-based protection >> Potentially unwanted app blocking >> Block apps).I ran ConfigureDefender to see how it worked. Does ConfigureDefender recommend enabling "App & browser control" with the High Profile? Because the module failed to turn on. I attempted it three times and rebooted the system each time.