Disable Tamper Protection on Windows Defender

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects disabling Windows Defender Tamper Protection

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Registry value modified" AND ((OBJECTNAME contains "\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Features\TamperProtection" OR (OBJECTNAME endswith "\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Features" AND OBJECTVALUENAME startswith "TamperProtection")) AND (INFORMATION = "DWORD (0x00000000)" OR (CHANGES = 0 AND NEWTYPE = "REG_DWORD"))) AND ((PROCESSNAME notstartswith "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Platform" OR PROCESSNAME notendswith "\MsMpEng.exe") AND PROCESSNAME != "C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MsMpEng.exe") select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.OBJECTNAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.PREVVAL,Action1.CHANGES

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Austin Songer @austinsonger