x64 Windows, supported versions:

• Windows 7 SP1
• Windows 8
• Windows 8.1
• Windows 10 (TH1/TH2/RS1/RS2/RS3)

Administrative privilege is required.

In case of EFI boot SecureBoot must be disabled.

Using this program might render your computer into an unbootable state.

Source code provided AS-IS in help it will be useful BUT WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.

ANY USE OF THE SOFTWARE IS ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Run patch.exe elevated.

In elevated command prompt type bcdedit /delete < patch guard disable entry id >

Navigate to Windows\System32 folder and delete ntkrnlmp.exe, osloader.exe (BIOS boot) or osloader.efi (EFI boot)

UPGDSED comes with full source code. In order to build from source you need Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 and later versions.

The project has been deprecated in 2018. No further updates (or plans on them) are available. If you still need PatchGuard disable refer to these repositories (alphabetical order):

• EfiGuard, https://github.com/Mattiwatti/EfiGuard
• Shark, https://github.com/9176324/Shark

This repository is kept read-only for historical purposes.

• Bypassing PatchGuard on Windows x64 by Skywing, https://www.uninformed.org/?v=3&a=3&t=sumry
• Disable PatchGuard - the easy/lazy way by Fyyre, https://fyyre.ru/vault/bootloader.txt
• Disable PatchGuard - updated for Win7 & Win8 by Fyyre, https://fyyre.ru/vault/bootloader_v2.txt
• bootkit_fasm - disables PG/DS via MBR bootkit by Fyyre, https://fyyre.ru/vault/bootkit_fasm.7z
• Kernel Patch Protection, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_Patch_Protection
• Driver Signing Policy, https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/drivers/install/kernel-mode-code-signing-policy--windows-vista-and-later-

• EP_X0FF, https://github.com/hfiref0x
• Fyyre, https://fyyre.ru

(c) 2017 - 2018 UPGDSED Project