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Antimalware support on UWF-protected devices (Industry 8.1)

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September 29, 2016

Learn how to enable antimalware support on your USB Filter-enabled Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry (Industry 8.1) devices.

When using antimalware software on your Unified Write Filter (UWF)-protected device, you must add the required file and registry exclusions that enable the software to apply updates to signature files and persist changes to the device after a system restart.

To add support for Windows Defender on UWF-protected devices

  1. Add these exclusions to UWF:

    • File exclusions
      • C:\Program Files\Windows Defender
      • C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender
      • C:\Windows\WindowsUpdate.log
      • C:\Windows\Temp\MpCmdRun.log
    • Registry exclusions
      • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender

To add support for System Center Endpoint Protection on UWF-protected devices

  1. Add these exclusions to UWF:

    • File exclusions
      • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client
      • C:\Windows\Windowsupdate.log
      • C:\Windows\Temp\Mpcmdrun.log
      • C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Microsoft Antimalware
    • Registry exclusions
      • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Antimalware

    Note

    Industry 8.1 does not include System Center Endpoint Protection. You can purchase licenses and install System Center Endpoint Protection independently.

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