Core/Unprotect-WindowsSecurity.psm1
Function Unprotect-WindowsSecurity { [CmdletBinding( SupportsShouldProcess = $true, ConfirmImpact = 'High', DefaultParameterSetName = 'All' )] [OutputType([System.String])] param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, ParameterSetName = 'OnlyProcessMitigations')] [System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter]$OnlyProcessMitigations, [ValidateSet('Downloads-Defense-Measures', 'Dangerous-Script-Hosts-Blocking')] [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, ParameterSetName = 'OnlyWDACPolicies')] [System.String[]]$WDACPoliciesToRemove, [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, ParameterSetName = 'OnlyCountryIPBlockingFirewallRules')] [System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter]$OnlyCountryIPBlockingFirewallRules, [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter]$Force ) begin { # Makes sure this cmdlet is invoked with Admin privileges if (-NOT ([HardenWindowsSecurity.UserPrivCheck]::IsAdmin())) { Throw [System.Security.AccessControl.PrivilegeNotHeldException] 'Administrator' } $script:ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop' [HardenWindowsSecurity.Initializer]::Initialize($VerbosePreference) [HardenWindowsSecurity.Logger]::LogMessage('Importing the required sub-modules') Import-Module -FullyQualifiedName "$([HardenWindowsSecurity.GlobalVars]::Path)\Shared\Update-self.psm1" -Force -Verbose:$false [HardenWindowsSecurity.Logger]::LogMessage('Checking for updates...') Update-Self -InvocationStatement $MyInvocation.Statement # do not prompt for confirmation if the -Force switch is used # if both -Force and -Confirm switches are used, the prompt for confirmation will still be correctly shown if ($Force -and -Not $Confirm) { $ConfirmPreference = 'None' } } process { # Prompt for confirmation before proceeding if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess('This PC', 'Removing the Hardening Measures Applied by the Protect-WindowsSecurity Cmdlet')) { # doing a try-finally block on the entire script so that when CTRL + C is pressed to forcefully exit the script, # or break is passed, clean up will still happen for secure exit try { Write-Progress -Activity 'Removing protections from Windows' -Status 'Unprotecting' -PercentComplete 50 [HardenWindowsSecurity.ControlledFolderAccessHandler]::Start() Start-Sleep -Seconds 3 Switch ($True) { $OnlyCountryIPBlockingFirewallRules { [HardenWindowsSecurity.UnprotectWindowsSecurity]::RemoveCountryIPBlockingFirewallRules() break } { $WDACPoliciesToRemove.count -gt 0 } { [HardenWindowsSecurity.UnprotectWindowsSecurity]::RemoveWDACPolicies(($WDACPoliciesToRemove.Contains('Downloads-Defense-Measures')) ? $true : $false, ($WDACPoliciesToRemove.Contains('Dangerous-Script-Hosts-Blocking')) ? $true : $false) break } $OnlyProcessMitigations { [HardenWindowsSecurity.UnprotectWindowsSecurity]::RemoveExploitMitigations() break } default { [HardenWindowsSecurity.UnprotectWindowsSecurity]::RemoveWDACPolicies($true, $true) [HardenWindowsSecurity.UnprotectWindowsSecurity]::Unprotect() [HardenWindowsSecurity.UnprotectWindowsSecurity]::RemoveExploitMitigations() } } Write-Host -Object "$($PSStyle.Foreground.FromRGB(236,68,155))Operation Completed, please restart your computer.$($PSStyle.Reset)" } finally { Write-Progress -Activity 'Completed' -Completed [HardenWindowsSecurity.ControlledFolderAccessHandler]::reset() [HardenWindowsSecurity.Miscellaneous]::CleanUp() } } } <# .SYNOPSIS Removes the hardening measures applied by Protect-WindowsSecurity cmdlet .LINK https://github.com/HotCakeX/Harden-Windows-Security/wiki/Harden%E2%80%90Windows%E2%80%90Security%E2%80%90Module .DESCRIPTION Removes the hardening measures applied by Protect-WindowsSecurity cmdlet .COMPONENT PowerShell .FUNCTIONALITY Removes the hardening measures applied by Protect-WindowsSecurity cmdlet .PARAMETER OnlyProcessMitigations Only removes the Process Mitigations / Exploit Protection settings and doesn't change anything else .PARAMETER WDACPoliciesToRemove Names of the WDAC Policies to remove .PARAMETER OnlyCountryIPBlockingFirewallRules Only removes the country IP blocking firewall rules and doesn't change anything else .PARAMETER Force Suppresses the confirmation prompt .EXAMPLE Unprotect-WindowsSecurity Removes all of the security features applied by the Protect-WindowsSecurity cmdlet .EXAMPLE Unprotect-WindowsSecurity -OnlyProcessMitigations Removes only the Process Mitigations / Exploit Protection settings and doesn't change anything else .EXAMPLE Unprotect-WindowsSecurity -Force Removes all of the security features applied by the Protect-WindowsSecurity cmdlet without prompting for confirmation .INPUTS System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter System.String[] .OUTPUTS System.String #> } |