Microsoft’s antivirus service Windows Defenderhas sent a dire warning to almost all Windows users. Defender, which detected threats in the Win32 folder (where Windows’ system files), made Windows devices wonder by sending notifications one after another.
Windows Defender causes panic with false alarm
According to the shares on Reddit, hundreds of Windows users have been from Microsoft Defender getting false notifications. “Behavior:Win32/Hive.ZYSaying that it found a positive threat in the ” folder, Defender also said that “serious” listed. Users noticed that even if they quarantined the alert, it reappeared.
It was stated that this error, which was detected to be sent on Saturday and Sunday, was caused by the update of Windows Defender. A spokesperson from Microsoft, Windows Defender Antivirus 1.373.1508.0 confirmed that there was a bug in the version. So if you got this error, let’s point out that your device is not infected with a virus or malware.
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The cause of the Windows Defender error is unclear for now, but electron and Chromium based applications. Among these applications Google ChromeThere are popular software such as Microsoft Edge and WhatsApp.
“This appears to be a false positive threat,” the Microsoft forum advisor said. “Right now, the error reported by hundreds of people seems to be related to all Chromium-based web browsers and Electron-based applications such as WhatsApp, Discord, Spotify,” he said.
Also, according to the bug noticed by Windows users a while ago Microsoft Defender, Office flagged an update of its software as malware. Users failed to install the Office update. Microsoft, Office update It said it contained the code sequence that triggers Defender, even if it’s not a real threat.
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