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- Editing or removing security settings through group policies
- and so on.
Tamper Protection doesn't prevent you from viewing your security settings, or your security team from viewing or changing settings for your organization. In addition, Tamper Protection doesn't affect how third-party antivirus apps register with the Windows Security app.
Tamper Protection doesn't prevent you from viewing your security settings, or your security team from viewing or changing settings for your organization. In addition, Tamper Protection doesn't affect how third-party antivirus apps register with the Windows Security app. Note that if your organization is using Windows 10 Enterprise E5, individual users can't change the Tamper Protection setting; this is managed by your security team.
### What do you want to do?
- [Turn Tamper Protection on (or off) for an individual machine](#turn-tamper-protection-on-or-off-for-an-individual-machine)
- [Turn Tamper Protection on (or off) for your organization with Intune](#turn-tamper-protection-on-or-off-for-your-organization-with-intune)
## Turn Tamper Protection on (or off) for an individual machine
If you are a home user, or you are not subject to settings managed by a security team, you can use the Windows Security app to turn Tamper Protection on or off. You must have appropriate admin permissions on your machine to perform the following task.
1. Open the Windows Security app by clicking the shield icon in the task bar or searching the start menu for **Defender**.
2. Select **Virus & threat protection**, then select **Virus & threat protection settings**.
3. Set **Tamper Protection** to **On** or **Off**.
> [!NOTE]
> On computers running Windows 10 Enterprise E5, users can't change the Tamper Protection setting.
> Tamper Protection blocks attempts to modify Windows Defender Antivirus settings through the registry.
>
> To help ensure that Tamper Protection doesn’t interfere with third-party security products or enterprise installation scripts that modify these settings, go to **Windows Security** and update **Security intelligence** to version 1.287.60.0 or later.
>
> Once you’ve made this update, Tamper Protection will continue to protect your registry settings, and will also log attempts to modify them without returning errors.
## Turn Tamper Protection on (or off) for your organization
If you are part of your organization's security team, you can turn Tamper Protection on (or off) in the Microsoft 365 Device Management portal. You must have appropriate [permissions](../microsoft-defender-atp/assign-portal-access.md), such as global admin, security admin, or security operations, to perform the following task.
## Turn Tamper Protection on (or off) for your organization with Intune
If you are part of your organization's security team, you can now turn Tamper Protection on (or off) in the Microsoft 365 Device Management portal (Intune). You must have appropriate [permissions](../microsoft-defender-atp/assign-portal-access.md), such as global admin, security admin, or security operations, to perform the following task.
1. Make sure your organization meets the following requirements:
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5. Assign the profile to one or more groups.
## Turn Tamper Protection on (or off) for an individual machine
### Frequently asked questions about tamper protection in Microsoft 365 E5
If you are a home user, or you are not subject to settings managed by a security team, you can use the Windows Security app to turn Tamper Protection on or off. You must have appropriate admin permissions on your machine to perform the following task.
1. Open the Windows Security app by clicking the shield icon in the task bar or searching the start menu for **Defender**.
2. Select **Virus & threat protection**, then select **Virus & threat protection settings**.
3. Set **Tamper Protection** to **On** or **Off**.
> [!NOTE]
> Tamper Protection blocks attempts to modify Windows Defender Antivirus settings through the registry.
>
> To help ensure that Tamper Protection doesn’t interfere with third-party security products or enterprise installation scripts that modify these settings, go to **Windows Security** and update **Security intelligence** to version 1.287.60.0 or later.
>
> Once you’ve made this update, Tamper Protection will continue to protect your registry settings, and will also log attempts to modify them without returning errors.