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enable_pageguard key

  • Published on Sep 8, 2026
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Exploit Guard uses special detection heuristics to detect shellcode in its early stages.

The enable_pageguard key indicates whether these special detection heuristics should be enabled for use in Exploit Guard processing. Valid values are true (enabled) or false (disabled). The default is true.

Important

Trellix Endpoint Security (HX) xAgent version 25 and later automatically disables PageGuard when the Windows kernel debug option is enabled.

Note

Enabling the DEBUG option in Windows BCDEDIT interferes with this processing. Trellix recommends that you turn the DEBUG option off before you upgrade to Trellix Endpoint Security (HX) xAgent version 24 or later. If that is not possible, Trellix recommends that you disable the enable_pageguard setting.

Change this setting using one of the following methods:

Caution

Do not change the value of this setting without the advice of your Trellix support representative.

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