Atlas OS - The "Gaming" Windows mod that you shouldn't use 

Prior to a semi-recent update, turning off defender was mandatory to install Atlas. This was changed after the community asked for it, because windows is horrifically insecure otherwise

Agreed.

This video is a joke.

Thanks for all of your hard work.

​@@CrossUnityfr

Thanks for your hard work. This video is a joke and says “it’s not secure” even though he is CHOOSING to disable defender AV system wide

When you install any playbook it always asks to turn of windows defender and when you done after the install windows defender is broken and does not turn on sooo not the guys fault ITS NOT THE GUYS FAULT

Dude, do you even know how AME Wizard works?? Ok, I get it you are saying that disabling WD and installing after that it gets broken right?? Now hear my reason, AME Wizard IS required to disable WD that's because WIndows does not allow it enhance it tries to block the modding. At first what you do is disable right and it detects if it is activated or not? You clicked next and you see the configure button you clicked it and disabled Windows Defender after that blah blah installed it and saw that Windows Defender is gone now what would you do? Will you blame on Atlas or yourself to disabling the Windows Defender in the configure section. Atlas OS playbook literally asked you to choose the one you like. It just do its thing. You choose the one he would do the one you asked for. Now, what would you do and this guy reasoning invalid with no proof. Even disabling AU and literally just blamed on AtlasOS. He even said that UAC prompt does not come out. Just go to search type UAC and reset the options to get the prompt. your reasoning is not also valid. AME Wizard just do its thing what the user asked for. Not to completely destroy your computer as like you are saying it has its brain.

@ecartman71 I'm able to enable defender again after installing. How does AtlasOS delete defender? It works for me

@@Cakeytoo im using the nexus liteos,after the installation i dont have the windows defender and just update the windows and then i works perfectly like a magic!idk does atlas os do for the windows defender but you can use another anti-virus like avas,kasperky,.. its free and easy to use!

Bro these peoples are braindead,they dont know what a virus is+ how ame wizard works​@@lerelis_

2:26 the installer requires you to disable Defender (as it may interfere with the installation process). It should probably ask the user after install if they want to re-enable Defender.

​@@tercmdis that not what it does here: 2:56?

​@@vinceontheweb sorry, I misunderstood. I thought you were referring to 2:26

The installer requires you to disable defender (the option doesn't effect that), what the option does is it allows you to renable it after installing. I showed the option off because it is the main tweak that will make atlas faster than say CTT's tool, and is also very dangerous for security. I was curious how much of an impact it would have.

Almost any cheat in the market for any game requires you to disable windows defender.

yeah. This video is a dumb joke! it is recommended to enable WD and he just disables it and complain about not turning it on while he turned it off. He even downloaded a Valorant Hack Client Malware just to show that this system is vulnerable and can be hacked while he just disabled defender.

When you install any playbook it always asks to turn of windows defender and when you done after the install windows defender is broken and does not turn on sooo not the guys fault

@@lerelis_ When you install any playbook it always asks to turn of windows defender and when you done after the install windows defender is broken and does not turn on sooo not the guys fault

@@Cakeytoo You got it wrong! AME Wizard gives you options to choose if you want to keep WD or disable it. It doesn't mess with the Security if you turn on the WD. Disabling it does destroy Security that doesn't mean you can not recover it. In Atlas>Security you can reconfigure your Security features using the following powershell Atlas put and you said not the guy fault? AME wizard asked him to enable WD did he do it? No, he just disables it and later on showed a valorant rat hack client that is a virus and windows does not detect it and he excused saying Windows Defender was destroyed but the one who destroyed was him.

@@Cakeytoo In the video it literally says "Windows Defender Enabled (Recommended)". Many people have working defender using this software

I didn't have a more well disguised sample on hand. I just wanted to quickly find somethign to showcase dangers of running without AV. On the script argument, you are correct, although one difference is Chris Titus' script does not require the temporary disabling of defender (at the beginning). If you fully disable defender and run a program as administrator it can do absolutely anything. You should always read any script before running if it's from an untrusted source.

The CTT script does not require disabling defender I used it so many times

When you install any playbook it always asks to turn of windows defender and when you done after the install windows defender is broken and does not turn on sooo not the guys fault

@@zakariya2011_ It does when you download a playbook

so you click the option to disable windows security when it's not even the recommended option then complain that it's insecure...

When you install any playbook it always asks to turn of windows defender and when you done after the install windows defender is broken and does not turn on sooo not the guys fault

@@Cakeytoo okay, but if it's any playbook then it's still not atlas specific?

@@Cakeytoo nope that doesnt happen to me

@@Cakeytoo windows blocks most tweaks, its propably due to a false positive, later in the atlas installer you literally have the option of enabling windows defender and that option is recommended

@@Cakeytoo you're brain dead, that's before you actually install atlas

is there away to revert Atlas ?

@@LmaoRel reinstalling windows is a way but you lose your stuff.

@@Dcsdtrevor how do I reinstall ?

@@LmaoRel it’s a bit complicated so I recommend finding a tutorial online

didnt atlast 2, im really confused on what the point was

Atlas too. God people are so borked

lol

its opensource...

don’t use it, you will not receive any new windows features to system components that can add more security and performance improvements you will be stuck with a system that get new features only in 4 to 4 years making your system always outdated when comes to security and performance

using iot enterprise 21h2 (w11) its been great. 21h2 doesnt get security updates anymore since last year september but iot enterprise (21h2) still does until close to 2025. At somt point there will be a 21h2 LTSC w11, that means security updates until 2030+

@@JoraGamer What you fk lying about. Windows Iot LTSC support last till 2032 than windows 10 consumer that dies in 2025

@@tqhr Theres no windows 11 iot ltsc yet its coming out 1-2 months

@@sopvwastaken i am aware, i said i got iot enterprise installed not LTSC

My System Runs now Like hell. 4090, 5800x3d and 3600 CL16 tuned subtimings RAM. Nvme ....

Since three month atlas do an perfect Job to my beast PC

it's one of the best playbooks i've ever tried and love their open-source nature as anyone can contribute to the project. but i'm currently taking a break from it and using revios which gives almost the same performance as atlas but performs better in some games i play.

Windows lite is pretty good but you can turn on anti virus.

@@Meletion1 that was not what he was asking lil broski

In terms of Windows I would never install anything other than the ISO from microsoft.com For linux, Arch Linux on the desktop / workstation. Ubuntu Server on servers. I like Arch mainly for the vast software availability through the AUR, and some customizations.

@@EricParker im new to linux and i want to use arch because i like the whole concept of it.The only this that is stopping me that i dont have an hour to install a operating system and the installation is a bit complicated for me yet.

If u want to switch to Linux try mint or zorin​@@lifeisamysterya

No it's fucking not, windows is closed source, atlas "open source" is just fucking bloat they included, oh and btw they could even hide a spyware in that os without telling you❤

​@@cool-jd8hg What's another spyware if you're already using windows and anti-cheat rootkits 🤷

They have a GitHub showing literally everything lmao. Whatever .exes they have arent theirs. Theyre trusted third party things. ​@@cool-jd8hg

@@cool-jd8hg prove that Atlas is "bloat", then? and "hide a spyware in that OS"???? what do you mean, if that was true everyone around the Net would've talked about it, especially since Atlas is open-source, and independent people can just check the source code all the time.

@jamesbrendan5170 atlas is not open source, and it is truly a shitty OS for daily use, it's even missing critical system files

Yay, stay on W11 better on next Update 24H2, than you have backdoor in your ass too. Ohh Guys, do you really think MS Gift you with W10 or W11 without reward? So naiv...

Gamers always want more games and fps and some of then are stupid and would click the first link that google gives as a "steam download" when its a virus

how

@@ADarnSmore bc linux is meh tra sh

@@GBR9794 for end users, i guess so?? it's infinitely better for development, though.

because u probably using gnome, start using big boy's window managers

@@GBR9794 u probably aren't tecky enough to use it :/

I've been running LTSC 2019 for 5 years with defender disabled. Ran a malwarebytes scan the other day out of interest and it found just 1 threat... Which was DefenderRemover from Github. Lol.

No you are Just too dumb

That’s Microsoft for ya.

@@WhoooshyYT that's not "microsoft for ya". that's "microsoft excercising their rights over their intellectual property"

That's very much how it should be.

@ecartman71 You've no idea what you're talking about, do you? Yeah, you can easily break your OS with a typo or a misconfiged script. That happens. And you can usually also pretty easily recover from that manually, or by repairing or re-installing the system. By the way, if you still see a desktop with a trash bin, that's not remotely what "bricked" means. Bricked means it's FUBAR; won't work, won't start, can't even fix it. Like messing up a chip with a wrong firmware, or burning a chip with overvoltage, etc. That's pretty difficult to even accomplish with modern PCs, unless you're a total tool... or a professional. And "this pile of shit" actually does improve performance compared to the vanilla Windows experience. It cuts running background processes by a half, disables a lot of unnecessary fluff, frees up a lot of RAM, and reduces the overall system footprint, freeing up resources for gaming etc. Yes, it disables drivers, so what? I've often manually disabled device drivers I do not want to use, because why not? Just because you type it in ALL CAPS doesn't make it worse, lol. And yes, Atlas adds not just a few, but a lot of tweaks, and yes, you can also do most of them manually. But that is really tedious and time-consuming process, and I can guarantee you'll end up just messing something up, and reinstalling. So is Atlas perfect? No, of course not, it comes with some upsides and some downsides. Should you install it if you're worried about security or don't know what you're doing? Probably not. You should probably stick to what you know better, dabbling with playdough and eating poop.

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If Atlas OS it self is hijacked they would bypass any such thing with full access beyond os settings no? These custom OS mods for windows are dumb and dont provide any real measurable impact unless your playing games with a machine that should be used for games to begin with.

If you have a compromised os on dualboot it can just mount the other drive and inject, or extract files to/from it

@@subcinericius its open source

@@Aditya.Tiwary There is NO instructions on how to build it yourself lol. 100% of people using these kinda custom windows builds download an ISO file they have no clue has inside it and blindly trust it because "its open source" when they did nothing with the actual source code.

@@subcinericius Ik but none of them are documented like Atlas OS. It's made using AME WIZARD which corporation use you need to make your own playbook good luck with that

cry about it

AME wizard does not touch the Security features until the user asked for. I am also using AtlasOS did it happen to me? I installed it with the same step. Didn't you just said that it gets broken??? I also disabled windows defender at first and turn it on in the configure section and choose what should I like. After that nothing goes wrong. I boot it up and see the WD is off so I turn it off it still working just fine and it is still keeping me safe.

I think your Windows is broken and it has nothing to do with Atlas.

Its open source

@ecartman71 Evidence?

@ecartman71 Ah yes. Make claim, have zero evidence. Classic. Atlas isn't any unsecure as Chris Titus's tool unless you specifically pick to disable Defender / Mitigations.

Tbh bluetooth is hit or miss bc of headsets/controllers. Depends wat u have if u want to disable them

You can use ltsc Iot 2021, instead of Atlas. that's just your choice though, as far i see, the guy that made this video doesn't prove anything.

the thing is, this type of program should only be ever used offline, like in an offline emulator only machine (gaming) giving the option to disable any security feature to “gain” performance is just a lie… you should keep distance to any type of software that says this remember, you do not need to install or run any unknown program to get infected, if you are online you are a target, see zero-click exploits… do not mess with your OS security, that will lead you to very bad consequences try to boost your security, see Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkit, not how to disable everything, this is just dumb

​@@JoraGamer not the point here, HE DISABLED ALL THE SECURITY FEATURES ONCE HE WAS ASKED TO, BECAUSE HE WANTED, AND PROCEEDED TO SAY THAT THE MOD WAS UNSAFE.

@@CrossUnity and then recommened another tool instead which had the exact same options ....

@@JoraGamer saying that disabling security features do not positively impact performance on low end devices is an absolute lie. Sure on devices with more than 8 gb of RAM it may not make so much difference. Own a Lumia 950 XL with 3gb of RAM and a Snapdragon 810 running Windows 11. "Antimalware Service Executable" used to eat up all my RAM and make the phone overheat and destroy battery life. Should I disable Defender? Depends on the user. For the average user who just uses PC to browse the web and has a good PC? No, certainly not. For gamers? May give a few more FPS but I don't think it's worth it. For experienced users who know exactly what they're downloading and executing and need a performance boost like my case? Yeah, I believe.

Lol might as well use Linux at that point

@@brunch.This. Can't speak on cs2 but mid range can easily get you 200-300 fps on Val assuming you're on 1080p. Getting straight up stutters or bad lows isn't windows at all lmao

@@brunch. You have to consider that a lot of people running these modified OSes probably have far lower end systems than you'd actually expect. When you have a mid to high-end system these mods will have no benefit.

cringe

Earlier, Windows Defender used to consume 20-30% of my resources every time I launched a third-party app. Now using Atlas for a year with few bugs and disabled services not commonly used by a regular user, I free dup 2GB of RAM in my 8GB RAM, 512MB iGPU laptop I can now play Valorant smoothly at 70+ FPS. Additionally, playing Forza Horizon, Destiny 2, xDefiant, CS:GO, and GTA 5, all thanks to the Atlas Os. Atlas operates on donations, is open-source, and comes with proper documentation. By the way, you can re-enable windows defender by regedit

@@Aditya.Tiwary were you payed to say this? by law, you have to tell the truth

@@bigupbassline58 No bro I am just a user who can't donate but can try to stop hatred against an open-source project where devs put in their valuable time. You don't know how much I've done to improve my FPS installing many apps, updating drivers, running unknown scripts but only this project helped me.

@@bigupbassline58 Just use windows 11 in a 8GB cheap laptop and install the modification you will see the difference i promise. By the way for security you can enable windows defender if you are worried too much for security

I like it when windows defender opens zip bombs to remove them xd

u dont know the struggle of gamers that cant reach 60 fps

@@brunch. Yeah if they install this they get 60+ on valorant at least . I am pretty satisfied buttery smooth my windows and no win defender helps my files stay after downloading or I have to waste my mobile data to download the whole file again

@@Aditya.Tiwary lol this thing barely helps with FPS besides doing things you could already do yourself. Not worth using

@@brunch. It helped me a lot disabled services freed up my ram and removed core isolation and disabled win defender 25 FPS minimum increase in mine. Not helpful to you it's your opinion for me it's great

Atlas OS works fine for many people especially if you use it mainly for gaming input delay is gone.

For security? That could be worth doing. An obvious benefit is that malware is less likely to try and hijack a 3rd party solution than defender. Performance wise I spent some time testing this (might be worth a video), none of the popular AVs are meaningfully better in terms of hit.

When you install any playbook it always asks to turn of windows defender and when you done after the install windows defender is broken and does not turn on sooo not the guys fault they break and then you can't turn it on or off I tried this on one of my old laptops I had reset the thing which was even harder then usual

@@EricParker It depends on what you're running on. You're never gonna notice it on high end systems, but lower end systems always get the CPU hammered by MsMpEng.exe and the high memory usage is also noticeable.

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@@Flopster101 what

gee, nobody can be perfectly safe so may as well disable any sort of security measure at all

nope windows 10 works fine for me

can i run the adobe programs & all the other misc. programs i need for school & work? can i run all the games i want? u sound goofy writing this

Virtual machine ​@@rgnd

@@chillguy425 the games i want to play dont run on a vm cuz of their anticheat & vms are slower than bare metal. plus i dont want to boot a whole another os just to run some programs.

@@rgndits those programs that dont run on linux. Not linux’s fault. I have to launch an entire different os for some programs… and its those

???

I detect a note of sarcasm in the title, but I do agree: if you turn off your anti-virus and elevate a program, it can do absolutely anything. Disabling Windows Update is another yikes from me.

@@JeremyFoster-ve6kq but he then said to use some other tool instead that also lets you turn off defender or windows update.