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# Windows Defender
* Defender can be a pain, but generally bypasses are abundant. This page is focused on enumeration not bypasses.
*
### Defender Enumeration with Powershell
```
Get-MpComputerStatus #See the status of Defender
Get-MpPreference #See current Defender preferences
Add-MpPreference #Change Defender Settings
Get-MpThreat #See threat history for computer
Get-MpThreatCatalog #Show any known threats
Get-MpThreatDetection #Show all history for any detected threats
Remove-MpThreat #Remove an active threat
Remove-MpPreference #Create exclusion and default behavior
Start-MpScan #Start Defender Scan
Update-MpSignature #Signature updates
Set-MpPreference #Configures scans and updates
```
### Processes
```
tasklist /v
```
* look for:
```
MsMpEng.exe
MpCmdRun.exe
```
### File System artifacts
* download below files
```
dir "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Support\MPLOG-.log"
dir "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Support\MPDetection-.log"
```
### Registry
```
reg query "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows Defender"
reg query "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection"
reg query "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Features"
reg query "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows Defender\SpyNet"
reg query "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Windows Defender Exploit Guard"
reg query "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows Defender\exclusions\paths"
```
### Enable Disable RealtimeProtection Powershell
* Turn On Real-time Protection
```
Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring 0
Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring $false
```
* Turn Off Real-time Protection
```
Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring 1
Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring $true
Set-MpPreference -DisableIntrusionPreventionSystem $true -DisableIOAVProtection $true -DisableRealtimeMonitoring $true -DisableScriptScanning $true -EnableControlledFolderAccess Disabled -EnableNetworkProtection AuditMode -Force -MAPSReporting Disabled -SubmitSamplesConsent NeverSend
```
### See most recent threat
```
Get-MpThreatDetection
Get-MpThreatDetection | sort $_.InitialDecectionTime | select -First 1
Get-MpThreatDetection -ThreatID 2147894794
```
### Status Details
```
Get-MpComputerStatus
```
### Threat History
```
Get-MpThreat
```
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