How do I go about investigating Windows Defender alert …
Mar 16, 2021 · I received the following notification from Windows Defender several times over the last week. Things I believe: It is malware Its attempting to hide things from Windows Defender …
How to permanently disable Windows Security Threat Found
Aug 11, 2025 · Background I am trying to run a minimalist instance of windows, where I do a lot of code testing, sometimes security related. It's running in a VM so minimizing non-essential …
Removing VirTool:Win32/VBInject.gen!DG - Super User
Nov 8, 2010 · i get this little bugger poping up every start up, my microsoft security essentials stops initial attempt and there no threat till next start up. I was wondering, if there any tools to …
How to permanently disable the "Threat found" nag screen for …
Jun 17, 2025 · I have disabled nearly all Windows protection background processes as they are not needed in my use case. And I am able disable all but one, the continuously detected …
The Windows Defender reporting PHP Backdoor - Super User
Aug 16, 2020 · I recently got a message from Windows Defender about a high risk level threat found on my system: Backdoor:PHP/Dirtelti.MTE. What's most strange is that the file to ...
Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.B!ml found in C:\$Extend\$Deleted
Feb 12, 2024 · I am really worried right now. I got the following message from Defender (Windows 11): What I tried so far: Actions to remove or even quarantine don't work. Defender offline …
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Jul 12, 2023 · Here are the steps I would recommend if you don't want to reset and you don't have a backup (or maybe just a very old backup that you would lose your data on) Note: Please be …
Windows Defender won't delete or restore quarantined threat
Aug 10, 2020 · Windows Defender has quarantined two threats on my PC recently: one is an infected executable on a network share (which was put there deliberately and which someone …
powershell - How do I turn off/get rid of a malicious software that ...
Dec 30, 2024 · I was tricked into running this code in my command line. Thankfully my antivirus is on so I was able to limit the damage, but it keeps popping up frequently and I keep getting …
security - Windows Defender found one threat, but won't allow …
May 1, 2019 · My Windows 10 x64 pro is up to date, at build 1809. Every once a while, the defender program will notify me that it has found a threat. But it does not say what exactly is …