Disable Defender and Exclude Stuff

*Actually, this has become part of my "essential setup" for Windows.

*Also I use a folder called "Excluded" instead of "Sordum" and I place other things in there that Windows hates like WirelessKeyView from Nirsoft. Life is good.

Also comes in handy if you take a peak at Medicat :)

There are times in our digital life when we need to reject Microsoft controlling what we are doing. Running and enabling things disapproved of by Windows Defender was always irritating . . . but now it's painful. Toggling protection off in the interface no longer completely disables Defender.

With Windows Pro, Group Policy is the easiest and Winaero has a toggle. Just search "disable defender".

With Windows Home, Sordum has Defender Control v2.1. You still have to negotiate "allow" a few times when first starting it up but nothing ridiculous. Simple one click on/off to disable. It may be possible to use PolicyPlus but it runs independently and portable so the Winaero switch probably won't work. It may work manually but why bother when Sordum stuff works so easily.

Make a folder called "Excluded" and exclude it from Defender access. Dump the Sordum files there and extract them. (I've added a few things here so it's somewhat fragmented)

Now that we have our pesky program installed we may need to exclude a few files and folders from Defender monitoring before we turn Defender back on. And we do want to turn it back on. Sordum to the rescue again with Defender Exclusion Tool. Just drag and drop the files and folder into the GUI. It does standard exclusion but in quick and easy interface. Actually standard exclusion in the Windows Security module is easy also.

I just put the Sordum files on a PC and Defender was driving me crazy . . . so . . .

1. Make a folder where the Sordum files will live.

2. Go to manage virus & security settings and add that folder to exclusions or use Sordum Exclusions to exclude the folder. 

3. Extract the files. Defender Control is .rar and 7zip will extract. Password is "sordum"

4. Before you start Defender Control the first time be sure to exclude the .exe file.

This is a good procedure for the few programs that Windows hates but you know are harmless.

Downloads

Exclude (also in Symenu)

Control (It's a rar file so in 7zip first try you may have to "allow" then unzip again.) Password "sordum".

Handy link for Exclude folder https://mega.nz/file/svBFQaiD#RSkjy5cN3bHewTXp-5zM_vcR_fUkged1Eq4ua7rH_Zw