How to Exclude an App from Exploit Protection on Windows 10 [Tutorial]
137How to Exclude an App from Exploit Protection on Windows 10 [Tutorial]
Exploit Protection of Windows 10
Malware often uses exploits to infect devices and spread. Exploit Protection feature in Windows 10 offer safety against malware by applying mitigation techniques on both the OS processes and on individual apps. If you are certain about the apps you use and would like to add an app as an exception from Exploit Protection of Windows Defender in Windows 10, follow the instructions in the post.
Add or Exclude an app in Exploit Protection
There have been reports from users who experienced a lag in gaming performance when the feature was enabled. Windows notes that a few of the security mitigation technologies may have compatibility issues with some applications. As such, you can disable the protection for such apps.
Exploit protection is a new security feature of Windows Defender that Microsoft introduced in the operating system's Fall Creators Update.
Exploit Guard is a set of features that includes exploit protection, attack surface reduction, network protection, and controlled folder access.
Exploit protection can best be described as an integrated version of Microsoft's EMET -- Exploit Mitigation Experience Toolkit -- security tool which the company will retire in mid 2018.
Microsoft claimed previously that the company's Windows 10 operating system would make running EMET alongside Windows unnecessary; at least one researcher refuted Microsoft's claim however.
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops,and tablets running the Windows 10 operating system (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba,Lenovo, and Samsung).