Deploy the updated GPO as you normally do.
Use Group Policy settings to disable Windows Defender Antivirus: This action avoids alerting users to resulting false positive 'antivirus disabled' messages. Microsoft has provided the procedure below for McAfee customers to disable the Windows system toast notifications for Security and Maintenance. You can disable Windows Defender to avoid a conflict until a permanent solution is available. Workaround:ĮNS is enabled and functioning, but not being reported in the WSC. This issue will be addressed in a future release of ENS. Microsoft has provided workaround instructions to alleviate the symptom until a fix is available. McAfee is actively working with Microsoft toward a solution to this issue. WSC can prompt to enable Windows Defender. The WSC intermittently incorrectly reports that ENS is disabled. McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) Threat Prevention 10.7.x, 10.6.1 July Update and later, 10.5.5 and later