Windows 10 Defender now can run in a sandbox

mercalia · Post by **mercalia** » 8 Nov 2018, 11:44am

It works for WIndows version 1703 and above
read here

https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/microsoftsecure/2018/10/26/windows-defender-antivirus-can-now-run-in-a-sandbox/

how to set it up - set up a admin priviledge command.com window and type/paste in it

setx /m mp_force_use_sandbox 1

then reboot without powering down

you need to download process explorer from Microsoft to see that it is setup

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer

and look for msmpeng.exe with subkey msmpengcp.exe

Windows Defender is a really good antivirus/malware software that is free included with Windows 10, no need to use Avast or others these days

661-Pete · Post by **661-Pete** » 8 Nov 2018, 9:52pm

If you spell "privilege" like that you probably won't get past step 1. :lol:

pete75 · Post by **pete75** » 8 Nov 2018, 10:05pm

661-Pete wrote:If you spell "privilege" like that you probably won't get past step 1.

Yep a bit like a Cobol programmer who can't spell environment correctly.

mjr · Post by **mjr** » 9 Nov 2018, 1:00am

The real scandal is that the content scanner parts were running with high privileges until now :eek:

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