How do I turn off Windows Defender in python

Question

I have an old computer that I want to try to remove Windows Defender on with a python script. I tried to use the command:

sc stop WinDefend

This command isn’t useful since it is used by the command prompt. Can someone show me?

you can execute windows commands through ["subprocess"](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12605498/how-to-use-subprocess-popen-python) — Nesi, Nov 04 '22 at 05:28

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 04 '22 at 05:33

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You can run this command using python like this;

import os

command = "sc stop WinDefend"

os.system(command)

answered Nov 04 '22 at 05:33

Faisal Nazik

Can this also be used for disabling/enabling firewall? – Ryan Pflum Nov 04 '22 at 06:05

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