blog/source/threat-hunting/disable-microsoft-defender-registry.md

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Disable Microsoft Defender (Registry)	page	2025-07-27

References: 1, 2 SPL:

| tstats summariesonly=true allow_old_summaries=true fillnull_value="unknown" count FROM datamodel=Endpoint.Registry WHERE index="windows" Registry.registry_path="*\\Microsoft\\Windows Defender*" Registry.registry_value_name IN ("DisableAntiSpyware", "DisableAntivirus") Registry.registry_value_data="1" BY Registry.dest, Registry.action, Registry.process_guid, Registry.process_id, Registry.registry_path, Registry.registry_value_name, Registry.registry_value_data, Registry.user
| rename Registry.* AS *