es3n1n/no-defender
A slightly more fun way to disable windows defender + firewall. (through the WSC api) observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 59
Flags: no_releases archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 832
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 817
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2038 stars · 26 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A Windows CLI tool that disables Windows Defender and the firewall by registering a fake antivirus through the undocumented Windows Security Center (WSC) API. It adds itself to autorun to persist the changes across reboots.
Use cases
- disable windows defender programmatically
- turn off windows firewall from command line
- register a fake antivirus with windows security center
- bypass defender on a test vm
- re-enable defender and firewall after testing
When to choose
- you control a Windows test environment or VM and need Defender/firewall off for research or tooling
- you want a scriptable alternative to manual Defender settings
When to avoid
- on production or personal machines where disabling antivirus creates real security risk
- you need a supported, documented approach — the WSC API is undocumented and the project was DMCA'd
Facets
cli-tool · maturity maintenance
security security windows windows cli windows-defender firewall wsc-api antivirus
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/es3n1n/no-defender · fetched 2026-08-28 · 41ad8871e5af
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| es3n1n/no-defender | main | 10 |
For agents
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