Maximize your Windows Defender: ConfigureDefender

Windows Defender is Microsoft’s anti-malware program. It is an integral security component of Microsoft’s latest operating system. It offers a suite of anti-malware tools that are enabled by default when Windows 10 is installed and booted up.

Windows Defender has evolved to become a true rival to other anti-malware-programs. With cloud-powered protection, real-time analytics, and the ability to remove detected malware threats, Windows Defender is no cyber security weakling.

However, Microsoft Defender has many advanced hidden features that allow you to customize how the security software works. Unfortunately, most people do not know these settings exist or even how to access them.

ConfigureDefender is a small utility for configuring Windows Defender settings. The program comes with a rather rugged interface that consists of a single window where you can preview the main settings of Windows Defender. From here, you can easily enable or disable various behaviours of Windows Defender, namely the real-time monitoring, behaviour monitoring, block at first sight, whether all downloads should be scanned, script scanning and PUA protection. At the same time, you can control if the tool should automatically send a sample to Microsoft as well as the Reporting level for those with MAPS membership levels.

ConfigureDefender will prove to be useful for those that would like to get the most significant benefits out of Windows Defender so that you can be fully protected. This ability will be especially true if you happen to be using Windows Defender as your primary antivirus option.

The latest release of the 'ConfigureDefender' is version 4.0.1.1 beta [12 July 2024].

What's new:
- Added two new ASR rules.
- Some corrections in the help files and manual.

Download the latest version of ConfigureDefender here.