Is it ok to disable Enable Virtualization Based Security on Windows?

Virtualization based security is just a setting that enables the feature (its a boot-time setting, so it must be enabled pre-boot for usage in subsequent boots) Much more catastrophic to performance are “heuristic” “endpoint analysis” This is often described as being a byproduct of the increasingly sophisticated malware that can hide its existence and behavior, as though it were a human or by scattering components. in truth, Heuristics are at least 50% aimed at solving the inherently “lagging” protection of conventional AVs (With a “fingerprint” based AV, the entire model depends on a finite, unavoidable, “built-in” level of successful infection/exploitation as the 1st step in identifying the threat; Yes….. there are extremely rare and low-likelihood scenarios that might circumvent the “Canary in the coalmine” but they are all “particular solutions” - ie they are highly context dependent and cannot be “assumed” to exist “at all,” even though they can and do occur) My advice would be to take a good hard look at what you have on your computer and remember that hackers and malware campaigns are governed by essentially 3 logical frameworks that I can only logically conclude you do not even approach qualifying as a target even vaguely 1. pure financial motive (the classic “scammer” or “thief”) 2. ideological or personal motive (not related to government) 3. nation state or non-financial corporate espionage #1 is mostly motivated by “low-investment” (minimum of labor, minimum of valuable technological resources like Odays, little or zero “heavy duty” coding or engineering that could, in other contexts, be valuable and lucrative all on its own) the basic notion here is “Spray n Pray” if you can target 100,000 computers, with a success rate of 0.01%, returning $100 per each success, then you would be returning $100,000 from that campaign. if you can achieve this with as little effort as modifying the commented-out segments of off-the-Github malware release, all of 10 seconds, then THIS would represent the “Peak achievement” of this category. This category is characterized by individuals or very small teams, as well as full blown organized crime (especially the Chinese gangs and Yes I swear to god this is a real thing the Indian organized gangs; If you don’t believe me type “Indian Canada Organized Crime” into Ask Jeeves and see what he says about it. 2. Is a less easily pinned-down model (its also a very small slice overall), that I include mostly becauise people would think I wasnt considering MaskFails and other cultural detritus. 3. For this category, the logic is essentially “inverted” the motivation is to invest as much coding labor, technical scarce resources (like Oday bugs), and “engineering novelty and creativity” as is needed to achieve a SET OUTCOME in this category its usual/common for malware developers to be salaried employees of government agencies or private contractors, working 9-5, and totally unconstrained by conventional economic demands. Also, the target-list is almost always exceptionall small/filtered its not uncommon or unheard of to have malware “tailor made” for exactly 1 person (indeed, the very limited amount of “spread” by the “projectile” is often just a way of building-in resiliency to practical contexts…. making sure that “every workstation in the office” is infected even though VP John Jingleheimer Smith is the target to maximize the likelihood that Johnny takes an infected brick home) In case its of interest, the overarching principle is Game Theory.