---
title: Use Attack Surface Reduction rules to prevent malware infection
description: ASR rules can help prevent exploits from using apps and scripts to infect machines with malware
keywords: Attack Surface Reduction, hips, host intrusion prevention system, protection rules, anti-exploit, antiexploit, exploit, infection prevention
search.product: eADQiWindows 10XVcnh
ms.pagetype: security
ms.prod: w10
ms.mktglfcycl: manage
ms.sitesec: library
ms.pagetype: security
localizationpriority: medium
author: iaanw
ms.author: iawilt
---
# Reduce attack surfaces with Windows Defender Exploit Guard
**Applies to:**
- Windows 10 Insider Preview
**Audience**
- Enterprise security administrators
**Manageability available with**
- Group Policy
- PowerShell
- Configuration service providers for mobile device management
## ASR
```xml
Microsoft-Windows-Windows Defender/Operational,Microsoft-Windows-Windows Defender/WHC
1121,1122,5007
0
False
Attack Surface Reduction view
```
## CFA
```xml
Microsoft-Windows-Windows Defender/Operational,Microsoft-Windows-Windows Defender/WHC1123,1124,50070FalseControlled Folder Access view
```
## EP
```xml
Microsoft-Windows-Security-Mitigations/KernelMode,Microsoft-Windows-Win32k/Concurrency,Microsoft-Windows-Win32k/Contention,Microsoft-Windows-Win32k/Messages,Microsoft-Windows-Win32k/Operational,Microsoft-Windows-Win32k/Power,Microsoft-Windows-Win32k/Render,Microsoft-Windows-Win32k/Tracing,Microsoft-Windows-Win32k/UIPI,System,Microsoft-Windows-Security-Mitigations/UserMode
1-24, 5, 260
Microsoft-Windows-Security-Mitigations,Microsoft-Windows-WER-Diag,Microsoft-Windows-Win32k,Win32k
0
True
Exploit protection view
255
70
305
215
215
215
50
110
80
170
70
70
90
70
80
70
100
85
140
140
```
## NP
```xml
Microsoft-Windows-Windows Defender/Operational,Microsoft-Windows-Windows Defender/WHC
1125,1126,5007
0
False
Network Protection view
```