This policy setting allows you to manage whether virus definitions are used during a scan.
If you enable or do not configure this setting, virus definitions will be enabled and used during scans.
If you disable this setting, virus definitions will be disabled and will not be used during scans.
| Registry Hive | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
| Registry Path | Software\Policies\Microsoft\Microsoft Antimalware\ |
| Value Name | DisableAntiVirus |
| Value Type | REG_DWORD |
| Enabled Value | 0 |
| Disabled Value | 1 |