DelExclusion

DelExclusion

Delete an exclusion from Windows Defender for a folder, file, process or extension.

This operation requires elevated privileges. Furthermore, currently only Windows Defender exclusions are supported. Also, if you don't specify the full path to a folder, file or process, most likely the operation will return with the error message WBEM_E_NOT_FOUND. In general this condition effects deleting exclusions of type extension.

Arguments

• <exclusion type>: specify one of the following exclusion types you want to delete: path (file/folder), process, extension.
• <exclusion data>: specify the exclusion data/name that you want to delete.

Usage

• delexclusion <exclusion type> <exclusion data>

Example

• delexclusion path C:\Users\Public\Downloads
• delexclusion process C:\Windows\System32\example.exe
• delexclusion extension *.xll

Compile

• 1. Make sure Visual Studio is installed and supports C/C++.
• 2. Open the x64 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS <2019/2022> terminal.
• 3. Run the bofcompile.bat script to compile the object file.
• 4. In Cobalt strike, use the script manager to load the .cna script to import the tool.