what's the difference between "Use default (On)" and "On by default" under "Exploit protection" settings?

By Guest dariushmazlumi
September 27, 2022 in Tech Support & Discussions Forum

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Guest dariushmazlumi

Posted September 27, 2022

Hello.I was fiddling around with Windows Defender settings, including the "Exploit protection" settings under the "App & browser control" category, and a while after I found there was something wrong with "My Asus" app, which I figured out to be due to two services (Asus Link Remote and Asus Software Manager) being unable to be executed, which can be resolved by turning off those settings which I mentioned earlier. aside from a joyful waste of time, I realized those conflict with the "Control flow guard (CFG)" being turned on (specifically "On by default"). but I just gave it a shot and tu