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Suspicious Windows Defender Folder Exclusion Added Via Reg.EXE (48917adc-a28e-4f5d-b729-11e75da8941f)

Detects the usage of "reg.exe" to add Defender folder exclusions. Qbot has been seen using this technique to add exclusions for folders within AppData and ProgramData.

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Disable or Modify Tools - T1685 (bbde9781-60aa-4b8a-a911-895b0c1b3872) Attack Pattern Suspicious Windows Defender Folder Exclusion Added Via Reg.EXE (48917adc-a28e-4f5d-b729-11e75da8941f) Sigma-Rules 1