Exclude files and paths from Attack Surface Reduction (ASR) rules.
Enabled:
Specify the folders or files and resources that should be excluded from ASR rules in the Options section.
Enter each rule on a new line as a name-value pair:
- Name column: Enter a folder path or a fully qualified resource name. For example, ""C:\Windows"" will exclude all files in that directory. ""C:\Windows\App.exe"" will exclude only that specific file in that specific folder
- Value column: Enter ""0"" for each item
Disabled:
No exclusions will be applied to the ASR rules.
Not configured:
Same as Disabled.
You can configure ASR rules in the Configure Attack Surface Reduction rules GP setting.
Registry Hive | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
Registry Path | Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Windows Defender Exploit Guard\ASR |
Value Name | ExploitGuard_ASR_ASROnlyExclusions |
Value Type | REG_DWORD |
Enabled Value | 1 |
Disabled Value | 0 |
Registry Hive | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
Registry Path | Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Windows Defender Exploit Guard\ASR\ASROnlyExclusions |
Value Name | {number} |
Value Type | REG_SZ |
Default Value |