Firewall is retained after using Defender Remover as well.

 

What's the link for Ghost Spectre releases? Might try on a spare laptop I have, but Googling only bring up other sites with outdated versions of ISO files and no links to the official site.

EDIT: Nevermind, found them at https://tech-latest.com/

 

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but Defender will come back everytime you apply a new system update ... so you need to disable windows update as well forever, right ?

It's pretty valid only if your computer is always offline I guess ...

 

Potentially. But it takes about 2-3 minutes max, and a few seconds if you had the ability to compile a .reg file to do it for you.

 

with minor updates actually not if you use that defender remover,
if you do major upgrade where things may fundamentally change, then bigger issues may arise anywhere

 

but you never know thats why kick everything and use low specs linux machine for tricky stuff and low specs machine for surfing besides your 256gb ram i14 9800 audio and what not machine ...

 

I use another trick to avoid removing Defender completely.
I use the built-in folder exclusion feature, seems safer to me.

The mandatory exclusions :

- temp folder (I use c:\temp instead of standard windows temp)
- installer folder (c:\installers, where I put the downloaded .rar, .zip etc.. with program installers and where I keep keygen/licences)
- app folder (c:\audio 'coz my computer if basically audio related and all other software goes there)
- download folder (q:\download, folder on my USB drive where I put the downloaded software from my internet computer)

Some other system file/folder also need to be excluded (like some very specific file you cant move anywhere else).

This way I dont need to disable Defender while it still remain silent when launching keygen and stuff like that ...

 

Defender Control v2.1
https://www.sordum.org/9480/defender-control-v2-1/

PowerRun v1.7 (Run with highest privileges)
https://www.sordum.org/9416/powerrun-v1-7-run-with-highest-privileges/

Windows Update Blocker v1.8
https://www.sordum.org/9470/windows-update-blocker-v1-8/

More useful utilities
https://doublecmd.sourceforge.io/
https://github.com/builtbybel/CleanmgrPlus
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/autoruns
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer

There's nothing better than starting with a debloated Windows.
(It is better not to disable UAC and not to enable WDAC policy)
https://schneegans.de/windows/unattend-generator/

To tame Windows bad behavior
https://www.w10privacy.de/english-home/

Tweaks to achieve the lowest Windows DPC(Deferred Procedure Call) as possible at
https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=8820694#p8820694

 

https://www.sordum.org/9480/defender-control-v2-1/

 

I have noticed that when you disable windows defender and leave that screen open, it will not be enabled again for as long as you keep it open.

 

Yes, that is the point of disabling it, so that you can work with it without Defender eating your keygen. But since Microsoft wants to protect users from harmful viruses and Trojans etc., Defender is automatically activated the next time you restart.

 

Just did a fresh install of Windows 11 IoT edition. I then used Defender Control to disable Defender. I've used the same method before when running Windows 10 without any issues. However, on Windows 11, turning off Defender seems to slowing down the computer. Doubleclick .exe files taking forewer before the installation starts with Defender off comparing to when it's on. Anyone else experience the same issue with Windows 11? For now I think I will leave it enabled and just use trz303's method of extempt certain folders from scanning and copy what I want to install there.

 

Or you can use Puppy Linux boot into that Windows machine delete all the crap that can't be deleted while the system is running, install all required drivers, disable all the garbage services and then make an image of that base OS for that machine.

My machines have different applications but an IMAGE of each system with the applications installed is done every Friday as a backup on 2.5" HDD's ( old laptop drives that are no longer used for running systems). All these backups are in USB slim cases so it's easy to backup the systems as usb 3 is fine, just leave the systems running and come back later.

Macrium Reflect Free is used to do the backups.
Have not opened up a laptop or desktop in years after going to full system backups.

A full system backup requires a larger backup drive but all the drivers, applications, settings
all in one image to copy back into the system in case that system craps out.