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Windows defender suddenly started to delete my exe while other anti virus programs say ok, i don't understand why?
It was fine few months ago. but then suddenly "windows defender" and "windows security essential" are starting to delete my exe and say it is a Trojan:win32/...
But all other antivirus programs say my exe is fine, no virus detected.
What's wrong on…
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Windows defender Obfuscating Batch script Command
I was creating a simple batch script file that adds an exclusion to windows defenfer for my convenience.
The code I use is as follows:
@echo off
echo test for exclusion
powershell.exe Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath “C:\Temp”
cmd /k
However, when…
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WindowsDefender Trojan warning after compiling c program with string.h and stdio.h?
As you will see I am not good in c programming, still learning but my WindowsDefender is yelling at me for compiling this code with MinGW from Codeblocks IDE.
#include
#include
int main(void){
char *strings[] = {"test",…
mortytheshorty
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Windows Defender recognize output binary of C# desktop project release build with Visual Studio 2019 as Trojan
I use VS 2019 16.6.0 and build my project in Release configuration with these settings:
My result binary will recognized as Trojan:MSIL/Fareit.VM!MTB:
Get-MpComputerStatus executed in PowerShell:
AMEngineVersion :…
zabr
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Windows Defender to find localization numeric value for Reporting
i need to create some SSRS reports For Windows Defender .. i need to find localization numeric values for Detection source
Detection Source: for example:
User: user initiated
System: system initiated
Real-time: real-time…
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System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception c#
This is my code:
string damnfile = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(choofdlog.FileName);
ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo("% ProgramFiles %\\Windows Defender\\MpCmdRun.exe");
startInfo.WindowStyle =…
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Manually updating Windows Defender Platform Version from 4.12.x to 4.18.x
I manage several systems that are using Defender platform version 4.13. They will not connect to my VPN network with a platform version under 4.18. These system are not updating automatically by reaching out to Microsoft. Is there a way for me to…
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Logic APP : ActionFailed. An action failed. No dependent actions succeeded
I am facing the issue with for loop execution with logic APP in azure. Apparently complete playbook execute successfully and functionally its working good. However, i am getting this error because it takes "body" parameter from previous step as…
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Why PyCharm wants project files to exclude from Windows Defender's Real Time Scanning?
All of the sudden, PyCharm wants to configure Windows Defender to exclude project files from Windows Defender's Real Time Scanning. The reason for such configuration was to "improve performance". Why does this happen all of the sudden?
I have used…
K.Ganesh Kumar
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Public Private Domain Settings on,- Allow an App through Windows Firewall,- for this what are the best powershell cmdlets available in Windows 10
Picture while its been prompted,-
While it used happens, somehow for my login, administrative rights had some restriction, so however the way I progress with Microsoft Key -> X and go made cmd or so from powershell that had Administrative rights I…
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How to download Windows Defender Antivirus Definition updates programmatically?
My client has more than 1000 machines with Windows 10 IOT Enterprise 2016 OS in them. None of the machines are connected to internet. Client wants me write a service which can download Windows Defender Definition Updates (which is mpam-fe.exe) and…
Glany Saldanha
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Convert DateTime to human readable format (MSFT_MpComputerStatus class)
Maybe this is a stupid question but I have a string with a date that looks like this: 20190516060354.000000+000 and wonder if I can automatically convert it into a date format like dd-mm-YYYY hh:mm.
Important: I don't want to parse the date…
creg
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How to query Windows Defender data from Azure Servers
Using Azure, I want to be able to query Windows Servers (using Defender cmdlets) based on Windows Defender values (i.e. AntispywareSignatureAge). Using PowerShell I can run local scripts and check for those said values. However, this tasks becomes…
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Error Calling .jar from Excel VBA Using Call Shell()
I'm trying to call a simple Java program from Excel VBA using the following command:
Call Shell("java -jar C:\TestMessage.jar arg0 arg1", vbNormalFocus)
I receive the error: "Run-time error'5': Invalid procedure call or argument" along with a…
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GetValueNames() of protected registry in vb.net
I have the following folder in registry
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths
But how can I show their value name to listbox?
Here is my code:
Dim FontKey As RegistryKey =…
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