Sigma rule: Windows Defender Virus Scanning Feature Disabled
A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-65062e6338a2, updated 2023-11-22T00:00:00.000Z.
Rule
- Title
- Windows Defender Virus Scanning Feature Disabled
- Status
- stable
- Level
- high
- Author
- Ján Trenčanský, frack113
- Date
- 2020-07-28
- Modified
- 2023-11-22
- File
- rules/windows/builtin/windefend/win_defender_virus_scan_disabled.yml
- Commit
- ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84
Detects disabling of the Windows Defender virus scanning feature
Log source
- product
- windows
- service
- windefend
Detection
selection:
EventID: 5012 # Scanning for viruses is disabled.
condition: selectionFalse positives (as the rule lists them)
- Unknown
Tags
- attack.defense-impairment
- attack.t1685
MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names
Related rules
References
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-endpoint/troubleshoot-microsoft-defender-antivirus?view=o365-worldwide#event-id-5012
- https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1562.001/T1562.001.md
- https://craigclouditpro.wordpress.com/2020/03/04/hunting-malicious-windows-defender-activity/
Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/builtin/windefend/win_defender_virus_scan_disabled.yml
Sources and licences
SigmaHQ
"Windows Defender Virus Scanning Feature Disabled" by Ján Trenčanský, frack113 (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/builtin/windefend/win_defender_virus_scan_disabled.yml.
Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License
Cite this page
Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Windows Defender Virus Scanning Feature Disabled",
entity page, dataset version ref-65062e6338a2, updated 2023-11-22T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/686c0b4b-9dd3-4847-9077-d6c1bbe36fcb (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 686c0b4b-9dd3-4847-9077-d6c1bbe36fcb, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.
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