Sigma rule: Windows Defender Threat Detection Disabled

Rule

Title

Windows Defender Threat Detection Disabled

Status

deprecated

Level

high

Author

Ján Trenčanský, frack113

Date

2020/07/28

Modified

2023/11/22

File

deprecated/windows/win_defender_disabled.yml

Commit

ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects disabling Windows Defender threat protection

Log source

product

windows

service

windefend

Detection

selection:
    EventID:
        - 5001 # Real-time protection is disabled.
        - 5010 # Scanning for malware and other potentially unwanted software is disabled.
        - 5012 # Scanning for viruses is disabled.
        - 5101 # The antimalware platform is expired.
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

• Administrator actions (should be investigated)
• Seen being triggered occasionally during Windows 8 Defender Updates

Tags

• attack.defense_evasion
• attack.t1562.001

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

• T1562.001

References

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/windows-defender-antivirus/troubleshoot-windows-defender-antivirus
• https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1562.001/T1562.001.md

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/deprecated/windows/win_defender_disabled.yml