Windows 10: Export and Import Exploit Protection Settings in Windows 10

How to: Export and Import Exploit Protection Settings in Windows 10

How to Export and Import Windows Defender Exploit Protection Settings in Windows 10


Starting with Windows Defender Security Center.

Exploit protection is built into Windows 10 to help protect your device against attacks. Out of the box, your device is already set up with the protection settings that work best for most people.

Exploit protection is part of Windows Defender Exploit Guard. Exploit protection helps protect devices from malware that use exploits to spread and infect. It consists of a number of mitigations that can be applied at either the operating system level, or at the individual app level.

You configure these settings using the Windows Defender Security Center on an individual machine, and then export the configuration as an XML file as a backup and that you can deploy to other machines. When you export the settings, all settings for both app-level and system-level mitigations are saved. This means you don't need to export a file from both the System settings and Program settings sections - either section will export all settings.

For more information, see also:

• Use Windows Defender Exploit Guard to protect your network | Microsoft Docs
• Apply mitigations to help prevent attacks through vulnerabilities | Microsoft Docs
• Enable or disable specific mitigations used by Exploit protection | Microsoft Docs
• Deploy Exploit protection mitigations across your organization | Microsoft Docs

This tutorial will show you how to export (backup) and import (restore) your Windows Defender Exploit protection settings in Windows 10.

*Warning You must be signed in as an administrator to export and import Exploit protection settings.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: Export Windows Defender Exploit Protection Settings in Windows Defender Security Center
• Option Two: Export Windows Defender Exploit Protection Settings in PowerShell
• Option Three: Import Windows Defender Exploit Protection Settings in PowerShell

OPTION ONE [/i] Export Windows Defender Exploit Protection Settings in Windows Defender Security Center
1. Open the Windows Defender Security Center, and click/tap on the App & browser control icon. (see screenshot below)



2. Click/tap on the Exploit protection settings link at the bottom. (see screenshot below)



3. Make any changes you want to the Windows Defender Exploit settings.

4. Click/tap on the Export settings link at the bottom. (see screenshot below)



5. Navigate to where you want to save the XML file to, type a File name you want for the XML file, and click/tap on Save. (see screenshot below)



6. When finished, you can close the Windows Defender Security Center if you like.





OPTION TWO [/i] Export Windows Defender Exploit Protection Settings in PowerShell
1. Make any changes you want to the Windows Defender Exploit settings.

2. Open an elevated PowerShell.

3. Copy and paste the command below into the elevated PowerShell, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)
*Arrow Get-ProcessMitigation -RegistryConfigFilePath "$env:UserProfile\Desktop\ExploitProtectionSettings.xml




4. When finished, you can close the elevated PowerShell if you like.

5. You can now move the ExploitProtectionSettings.xml file exported on your desktop to where you like to keep it saved at.





OPTION THREE [/i] Import Windows Defender Exploit Protection Settings in PowerShell
1. Open an elevated PowerShell.

2. Type the command below into the elevated PowerShell, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)
*Arrow Set-ProcessMitigation -PolicyFilePath "Full path of XML file"

*note Substitute Full path of XML file in the command above with the actual full path of the XML file that you exported using Option One or Option Two above.

For example: Set-ProcessMitigation -PolicyFilePath "C:\Users\Brink\Desktop\ExploitProtectionSettings.xml"




3. When finished, you can close the elevated PowerShell if you like.

That's it,
Shawn


Related Tutorials

• How to Open Windows Defender Security Center in Windows 10
• How to Change Windows Defender Exploit Protection Settings in Windows 10
• Hide or Show App and Browser Control in Windows Defender Security Center in Windows 10
• How to Enable or Disable Windows Defender Exploit Protection Settings in Windows 10

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Bug? In Windows Defender Exploit Guard.

If we assume that this is just a glitch, then you might be able to reset the Exploit protection defaults by exporting the settings from an unaffected PC (with default settings) and then importing those settings on the affected machines. This looks
to be the backup/restore tool for the Exploit protection settings:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/wi...ard/import-export-exploit-protection-emet-xml

Export and Import Exploit Protection Settings in Windows 10

 

Exploit Protection Settings

The Exploit Protection settings are preconfigured; and home users should generally just leave them alone:



The Use default configuration for each of the mitigation settings indicates our recommendation for a base level of protection for everyday usage for home users. Enterprise deployments should consider the protection required for
their individual needs and may need to modify configuration away from the defaults.



https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/wi...er-exploit-guard/customize-exploit-protection



Apply mitigations to help prevent attacks through vulnerabilities



The preconfigured applications have been optimized by Microsoft – and adding customizations for other apps requires both a rationale and an understanding of the potential consequences, since haphazardly changing the default settings for an app can
easily render it dysfunctional.



It’s ironic that these application mitigations are exposed in the Windows Defender Security Center interface, while the safe and simple Windows Defender configuration options are only available via the PowerShell Set-MpPreference command line:



Set-MpPreference (defender)



The Set-MpPreference cmdlet now also includes the parameters for Attack Surface Reduction and Block at First Sight:



Windows Defender Detection rate

 

Exploit Protection Settings

Open Windows Defender Security Center and click on
App & browser control and there find Exploit protection settings
and you could change settings for Exploit protection from there.

 

Windows Defender Exploit Protection problem

@roy111, the screenshots in Brink's tutorial show all the Exploit protection settings in English, that should help you navigate the "Italian" ones...
Change Windows Defender Exploit Protection Settings in Windows 10

This lists all the settings and describes what each one does.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win...oit-protection

 

Exploit Protection Settings

How or where can I find a clear explanation/description of the correct at least what the default settings are for my Windows Defender Exploit Protection. I do not know enough to know what is wrong but something is not right. If I had a guide/roadmap
of how the settings should be correctly configured for protecting my home computer it would be a great help.