AntivirusEnabled: antivirus protection activation status.

NISSignatureVersion: network inspection system signatures version.

AntivirusSignatureVersion: antispyware signatures version.

AntispywareSignatureVersion: antivirus signatures version.

AntispywareSignatureLastUpdated: threat definitions' creation date.

AntispywareEnabled: antispyware protection activation status.

AMServiceVersion: antimalware service version.

AMProductVersion: antimalware client version.

AMServiceEnabled: activation of the antimalware service.

NISEngineVersion: version of the network inspection system engine.

AMEngineVersion: version of the antimalware engine.

The first cmdlet in the 'Defender' module you'd probably execute would be Get-MpComputerStatus to get the status of the antimalware protection software installed on the computer: simply type Get-MpComputerStatus and hit ENTER to display a bunch of properties related to the status of Windows Defender.Įach of these properties provide you with information about the status of Windows Defender. Get-Service cmdlet and filtering its output as following

Getting the System Antimalware Protection Statusīefore using any of the cmdlets available in the 'Defender' module, you probably would be sure that all the Windows Defender related services are up and running: this can be easily checked by using the Get-Help cmdlet to get a detailed description of each cmdlet aw well as usage examples. The output of the execution of the cmdlets displays the short list of available cmdlets included in the 'Defender' module. Get-Command cmdlet: open an administrative PowerShell window and execute the following Having a comprehensive overview of the PowerShell cmdlets for Windows Defender is quite simple and relies (of course) on the Let's take a look at what we can do on Windows Defender via PowerShell. Using the GUI and this could be useful in automation scenarios of Defender, especially when the GUI is not available as in Windows Server Core installations. The UI of this tool has passed through several changes, but that's not the only way Windows Defender can be managed: a Windows PowerShell module named 'Defender' (provided within the operating system's PowerShell) can be used to manage Windows Defender without All the Windows and Windows Server users know that the operating system features a built-in antimalware protection tool named Windows Defender.

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