Suspicious Disabling of Windows Defender Threat Detection Service (via system)

title: Suspicious Disabling of Windows Defender Threat Detection Service (via system)
id: cd4303fc-720a-53e1-8f08-6d548b4ff84a
status: stable
description: This rule detects when the "Windows Defender Threat Protection" service is disabled.
references:
    - https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1685/
    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-endpoint/troubleshoot-microsoft-defender-antivirus
    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1562.001/T1562.001.md
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-07-25
tags:
    - attack.defense-impairment
    - attack.t1685
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: system
detection:
    selection:
        EventID: 7036
        Provider_Name: 'Service Control Manager'
        param1:
            - 'Windows Defender Antivirus Service'
            - 'Service antivirus Microsoft Defender'
        param2:
            - 'stopped'
            - 'arrêté'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium