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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Hackers can turn off windows defender with this sneaky new tool | History Defined

A robot hand touching a locked digital shield blocking a human from accessing data.

  • A security researcher built a program that the OS sees as an antivirus
  • Since two AV programs can't run at the same time, Windows Defender turns itself off
  • Previous iteration was taken down for copyright infringment
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