TMA-INTUNE-DEFENDER-1.8.1
Ensure 'Turn on process scanning whenever real-time protection is enabled' is set to 'Enabled'
Description
This policy setting configures process scanning when real-time protection is turned on. This helps to catch malware which could start when real-time protection is turned off. The recommended state for this setting is: Enabled. Audit: reads the registry value(s) behind this Defender policy (HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender) and prints compliant only when each satisfies the benchmark value. Policy delivered by Intune only appears here once it has been applied to the device.
How it is checked
Audit method: Windows registry
$bad = @(); $v = (Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-TimeProtection' -Name 'DisableScanOnRealtimeEnable' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).'DisableScanOnRealtimeEnable'; if (-not ($null -ne $v -and @(0) -contains [int64]$v)) { $bad += 'DisableScanOnRealtimeEnable=' + $v }; if ($bad.Count -eq 0) { 'compliant' } else { 'non-compliant: ' + ($bad -join ', ') }- Expected output
compliant
How it is fixed
Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch
To establish the recommended configuration via configuration profiles, set the following Settings Catalog path to Enabled: Administrative Templates\Microsoft Defender Antivirus\Real-Time Protection\Turn on process scanning whenever real-time protection is enabled
Properties
- Operating systems
- Any
- Tags
- intune-defenderintuneregistry
- Reference
- CIS Microsoft Intune for Microsoft Defender Antivirus Benchmark v1.0.0 - 1.8.1 Ensure 'Turn on process scanning whenever real-time protection is enabled' is set to 'Enabled'
Check this host
Run this on a machine you are allowed to audit. The scan is read-only.
tmaegis scan --target intune-defender