Details

This policy setting turns off real-time protection prompts for known malware detection. Windows Defender Antivirus alerts you when malware or potentially unwanted software attempts to install itself or to run on your computer. If you enable this policy setting Windows Defender Antivirus will not prompt users to take actions on malware detections. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting Windows Defender Antivirus will prompt users to take actions on malware detections.

Solution

Set the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Defender Antivirus -> Real-time Protection -> ‘Turn off real-time protection’ to ‘Disabled’ or ‘Not Configured’.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_Windows_Defender_Antivirus_V2R3_STIG.zip

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: System and Information Integrity.This control applies to the following type of system Windows.

References

• 800-53|SI-3c.1.
• CAT|II
• CCI|CCI-001242
• Rule-ID|SV-213445r569189_rule
• STIG-ID|WNDF-AV-000021
• STIG-Legacy|SV-89907
• STIG-Legacy|V-75227
• Vuln-ID|V-213445

Source

• Tenable.com/audits