## Current Microsoft Defender state

A snapshot of what Microsoft Defender is doing on this PC right now.

Real-time protection
Enabled
Tamper Protection
On
Notifications
Allowed
Registered as AV
Microsoft Defender

## Choose a hardening profile

Pick a policy profile for Microsoft Defender. You can change this anytime.

Balanced
Keeps Microsoft Defender active with recommended hardening. Notifications silenced.
RECOMMENDED
TreeIQ Primary
Guides you to hand real-time protection to TreeIQ Anti-Malware. Microsoft Defender stays available for on-demand scans.
Reset to Windows defaults
Remove all hardening. Microsoft Defender goes back to normal.
(This also happens automatically on uninstall.)

## Ready to harden?

The Setup Wizard walks you through everything step by step. Takes about 2 minutes.

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1Welcome
2Tamper Off
3Review
4Apply
5Done
TreeIQ Harden is an independent third-party configuration utility. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft, Windows, and Microsoft Defender are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

## Advanced settings

Individual Defender policies. Changes apply immediately. Undo anytime with the Reset preset.

Real-time Protection5 policies
Disable real-time protection
Turns off Defender's always-on file scan.
Disable behavior monitoring
Turns off Defender's process behavior heuristics.
Disable script scanning
Turns off Defender's script content inspection.
Disable IOAV protection
Turns off downloaded-file scanning at write time.
Notifications2 policies
Disable Defender notifications
Stops all pop-up toasts from Windows Security.
Disable enhanced notifications
Stops recommendation banners in Windows Security.
Cloud & Reporting2 policies
Disable Cloud Delivered Protection (MAPS)
Stops Defender from sending telemetry + file hashes to Microsoft cloud.
Disable Automatic Sample Submission
Stops Defender from uploading suspicious files to Microsoft for analysis.
Exclusions2 policies
TreeIQ paths excluded
Defender ignores `C:\Program Files\TQAV` and `%ProgramData%\JR-AV`.
TreeIQ processes excluded
Microsoft Defender ignores TQKrn.exe, TQAM.exe, TQMon.exe.
TreeIQ Harden is an independent third-party configuration utility. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft, Windows, and Microsoft Defender are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.